All Dairy articles – Page 262

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    The Grocer focus on Denmark: Lurpak Centenary celebrations

    2001-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Arla is preparing to celebrate a special birthday this year as its premier brand Lurpak marks 100 years. When Lurpak first began arriving from Denmark, at the beginning of the last century, it was shipped in wooden barrels the size of beer kegs....

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    Brandwatch profile: babyfood

    2001-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Mar '00 - Feb '01 Total Press Radio Outdoor TV Total 3,627 1,104 94 ...

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    NEW RISPINOS TRIO

    2001-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Uncle Ben's has doubled the number of variants in its Rispinos rice snacks range by adding a trio of savoury flavours. Barbecue, Cheese and Onion and Pizza ­ all of which have less than 2% fat ­ joined the three sweet versions last week. The...

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    Express Dairies: Superfloat to the rescue

    2001-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Express Dairies is to take action to reduce costs and increase productivity after a drop in profits this year from £52.7m to £43m. A new generation milk float, customised with modular storage compartments and capable of double the range and twice...

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    Dairy: EU set for higher prices and bumper exports

    2001-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Reducing supplies firm up the market; higher demand from third country buyers EU dairy markets are showing signs of taking off to much higher prices levels for the rest of the summer. Milk production has now just passed its seasonal peak and the...

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    Dairy: First Milk buys Aeron Valley

    2001-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Dairy co-operative First Milk has bought Welsh cheese maker Aeron Valley Cheese from Milk Marque for an undisclosed sum. Aeron Valley will join First Milk's existing cheese business, Scottish Milk Products, which operates three creameries and a...

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    Bags of activity with Bertie & co

    2001-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury Trebor Bassett is including new bags of Maynards Wine Pastilles and four new Bassetts variety bags in its confectionery bag sector activity from June 18. New 125g and 200g Cadbury's Dairy Milks Shots and Crunchie Nuggets bags have already...

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    promotions

    2001-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Diana margarine stays Van den Bergh is pressing ahead with its Thanks packs of Flora margarine endorsed with the name of Diana, Princess of Wales, despite the public outcry, and claims it is a tacky initiative. A limited number of packs have been...

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    Hula Hoops XL goes obsessive

    2001-06-02T00:00:00Z

    A new £2.5m ad campaign for Hula Hoops XL focuses on flavour-obsessed consumers who will go to extremes for their favourite. Three 10-second TV ads, which kick off on June 4, feature Nacho Cheese, Cool Chilli and Curry fan. Posters also include a...

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    Yazoo gets really Swinging

    2001-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Mary Carmichael Dairy company Campina is squaring up to children's juice drink giants Sunny Delight and Juice Up with the latest extension of its Yazoo children's brand, chilled fruit juice drink Yazoo Swing. The company is highlighting the...

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    Private Label Manufacturers Association's annual exhibition:

    2001-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Fondue for snackers New product development at the show ranged from the innovative to the bizarre and fanciful. Swiss firm Gerber has turned cheese fondue into a frozen, microwaveable snack. Fondue comes in a single portion tub that can be heated...

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    Madhur serves up two more

    2001-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Tilda is adding two new variants to its Madhur Jaffrey cook-in sauces range. The new flavours are a Kerala Sauce with Coconut and Mango and a Tandoori sauce for Butter Chicken. The company said the additions are in response to consumer demand for...

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    Müller plans sky high sales as its summer of love theme take

    2001-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Yogurt brand leader Müller plans to do to yogurt's image what Häagen-Dazs did to ice cream's in a new umbrella campaign for its brands. It has just revealed the first ad in a £10m series across its product portfolio this week and it's rather...

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    A king for family sharing sector

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Lovells has brought out a new toffee product under the Toffee Rex brand name. Available in foil bags pitched at the family sharing's sector, Classic Toffee Rex is a chewy toffee covered in milk chocolate and cocoa powder. (Rsp: £1.09 for a 150g...

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    Orchard Maid gets organic drink

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    An Organic Yogurt Drink joins frozen yogurt and ice cream in the Orchard Maid stable next week as brand owner Farm Products Marketing continues its mission to add value to milk. "We're diversifying to use all the product," said md Jonathan...

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    Explosive developments with Snap, Crackle and Pop

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Kellogg's is capitalising on the snap crackle and pop' heritage of Rice Krispies by adding a sachet of pop dust inside packs. Rice Krispies are known for the noise they make when milk is added. When pop dust is sprinkled on, it will exaggerate the...

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    Dairy: Main FMD blow set to be loss of export earnings

    2001-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Adequate supplies for the liquid milk market; large drop in butter/SMP The cull to stop FMD will affect the throughput of dairy product manufacturers for at least the year ahead. Although the number of new outbreaks is falling, the cull of...

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    It's a new Spice group

    2001-05-05T00:00:00Z

    McCoys is the latest KP snack brand to get the spicy treatment. Hot on the heels of Hula Hoops XL and Mini Cheddars flavour extensions, KP has created McCoys Spice, a brother brand for the main McCoys. The new spicy flavours are Firecracker, Balti...

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    St Ivel milks pasta in food to go plan

    2001-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Uniq Foodservice is sticking the St Ivel name on a new range of pasta snack salads ­ the first in a series of category diversifications for the brand. The strategy is to expand St Ivel ­ mainly known for its spreads, pot desserts and yogurts ­...

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    DAIRY: Record rain hits milk compositional quality

    2001-05-05T00:00:00Z

    In past 12 months average butterfat content of milk fell The compositional quality of milk has fallen as a result of the rainfall Britain is enduring. As every good dairy farmer knows, cows are just like humans in that they prefer sun on their...