All Dairy articles – Page 270
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New chocolate bars get into ring
Booker and Comic Relief are taking on the big chocolate brands with the launch of their own (separate) chocolate countlines. Booker has entered the ring with four new own label impulse bars. Caramel Choc-Full is soft nougat, caramel and milk...
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Japanese say cheese
Who says it's nigh on impossible to sell strong tasting cheeses to Japan? Singleton's stand at this month's Foodex show in Tokyo was mobbed by Japanese buyers eager to taste the firm's traditional Stiltons and more unusual products such as...
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NFU hits out over low milk prices
This week the NFU launched its campaign to highlight low farmgate milk prices. Consumers have grown accustomed to cheap liquid milk in supermarkets and are unwilling to pay more. The producers are focusing on the differential between their claimed...
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Milk price fixing' issue
UK multiples say they could face the wrath of government competition officials if they step in to help British dairy farmers by fixing the price of milk. Safeway and Waitrose say they would keep their prices stable in the wake of a demonstration in...
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NZ Milk splashes out £10m on major revamp of Anchor
New Zealand Milk is investing £10m in a major relaunch of its market leading Anchor brand, featuring a new logo, packaging and communication strategy. Ros Davis, marketing director, New Zealand Milk (UK), said: "A £10m investment is rare in the...
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Nurishment by ice cream
WT Foods Group is expanding its energy milk drink brand Nurishment with the launch of a new ice cream. Nurishment ice cream comes in four flavours vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and mango. It has an 18 month shelf life and it will be positioned...
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Strip Cheese does a twin pack act
Kraft's latest cheese snack launch is a countline version of kids snack Dairylea Strip Cheese. The new version is a twin pack and contains the same product as the original four pack. It will be price marked 39p at launch to drive trial (it usually...
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Organic growth for unigate dairies
Unigate has just acquired a purpose built organic dairy facility at Thornbury, South Gloucestershire. The site will produce organic liquid milk for retail multiples. Organic liquid milk is estimated to be worth £8m at retail, comprising 1.3% of...
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Leaner Unigate stays in Shape
Dairy Crest has bought the lion's share of Unigate's dairy business in a £220m deal. It makes DC the largest single buyer of raw milk in England and Wales with 3bn litres a year more than 22% of total output. The price tag includes £100m of...
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Milk pool gets ready for a heavyweight buyer
Peter Crosskey Dairy Crest's acquisition of most of Unigate's dairy business will make it the largest player in the industry, buying nearly a quarter of milk produced in England and Wales. The size of the new grouping leaves the words monopoly'...
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St Ivel trifles with low fat pots as Shape gets improved tas
St Ivel and Eden Vale are putting more promotional weight behind low fat brands St Ivel Shape and Ski Light. St Ivel is spending £10m promoting the relaunch of its low fat Shape brand three times last year's budget. This includes £5m of TV...
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Cow & Gate looks to cosset with organics and GM free
Nutricia aims to drive its share of the babyfood market with the relaunch of its Cow & Gate Jars and Olvarit range and the introduction of a new product in the follow on milk category. To satisfy increasing consumer demand for organic products,...
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Gloom as bulk butter prices stay weak
Bulk butter prices are still very soft, with little prospect of firmer trading while sterling remains as high as a kite. Parcels have been changing hands at prices as low as £1,700/t and very little over the £1,800/t mark. It is not hard to see...
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Lever Brothers is introducing a Persil Tea Tree and Peppermi
Benecol launches a new TV ad campaign this week featuring Carol Vorderman and real life' Benecol consumers discussing how it has reduced their cholesterol levels. Memory Lane Cakes has launched its Toy Story 2 Cake Bars this week. Rsp £1.09...
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The serveover view
l A typical Budgens store carries between 20 and 30 cheeses, says senior buyer Philip Punter, although the multiple buys a range of 260 varieties because "we like to include local cheeses in our stores". The total range comprises 90 sold through...
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PurFiltre rolled out
MD Foods is rolling out its Cravendale PurFiltre milk to five more regions on February 14, backed by a £5m spend. PurFiltre will be available in Central, Granada, Yorkshire, Tyne Tees and Border TV regions following last year's trial in the...
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Dalepak revamps vegetarian range
Frozen food company Dalepak Foods has revamped its vegetarian range in a bid to revitalise its share of this static market. It is also launching Veg Sausages to add to a range that includes Cauliflower Cheese Grills, Vegetable Grills and Crunchy...
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Fresh combinations
Almost all the UK's additive cheese volumes are sold through supermarkets, nearly two thirds of it at counters. The final consumer will almost certainly be an adult the sector does not attract many children. White Stilton has been used as a base...
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SPECIALITY CHEESE
Are major UK multiples missing out on a chance to add some sparkle to their customers' shop? Many shoppers view good cheese as an indulgent treat for which they are prepared to pay good money. British Cheese Board secretary Nigel White says:...