Archive of all Saputo UK articles – Page 17

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    BLOCKADE TO GO TO SCOTLAND

    2002-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Militant farmers group Farmers For Action has vowed to extend its blockades of milk processors to Scotland. The group is targeting Dairy Crest and Robert Wiseman depots after the companies drove farmgate milk prices down earlier this month....

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    Cuts spark blockade

    2002-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Militant farmers group Farmers For Action is blockading Robert Wiseman and Dairy Crest depots across the UK following their decision to push farmgate milk prices down again. FFA chairman David Handley said it was targeting five depots initially,...

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    Dairy Crest gets on healthy olive oil spread bandwagon

    2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has joined the increasingly easy battle to attract olive oil lovers with its first spread based on the oil. Argento is a combination of olive oil and buttermilk and will throw Dairy Crest into the same arena as Unilever Bestfoods which...

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    Frubes' new sporty stuff

    2002-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Yoplait Dairy Crest is aiming for extra sales of kids' portable fromage frais brand Frubes with a new pack design and advertising. The company has also signed a £1m+ three-year deal to sponsor baseball and softball in the UK. It claimed the...

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    the food chain: milk

    2002-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Average annual price will be back to little more than 2000's record low of 16.9p Dairy Crest paves the way for more farmer pay cuts After their best year in 2001 since 1998, farmers are now seeing regular cuts in their monthly farm gate prices. ...

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    Pie in the Frijj

    2002-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has added a limited edition Custard Pie flavour to it Frijj milkshake range. It joins the Chocolate, Strawberry, Banana and Extreme White and Dark Chocolate variants. "The previous limited edition, Luvly Latte, did spectacularly...

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    A record £100,000 was raised by 800 diners at the annual lun

    2001-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Tesco says it will soon be opening a number of standalone Express convenience stores around the country. Dairy Crest CEO John Houliston is to retire after 11 years when the company holds its annual meeting on July 18, 2002. He will be replaced by...

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    A fund of £3m is to be set aside by the government for rural

    2001-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Camelot is halfway through the rollout of new lottery terminals, with a target of 25,000 installations by the start of its new licence in January 2002. The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld separate complaints against Dairy Crest and...

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    Tropicana strengthens consumer and business marketing teams

    2001-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Tropicana has added two members to its sales and marketing team. Kerstie Drew joins from Dairy Crest as Tropicana senior brand manager. She takes on responsibility for the consumer portfolio and all consumer marketing and sales activities....

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    Retail Cheese Awards: Retailers whose cheeses really do the

    2001-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Country Cheeses of Topsham and the Booths supermarket in Clitheroe have been named the UK's best cheese shops. The stores are the national winners of the prestigious 2001 Retail Cheese Awards sponsored by Dairy Crest and The Grocer. The awards,...

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    Petit Filous get organic offspring

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Yoplait Dairy Crest is spooning out £4.5m of advertising support for its Petit Filous brand this year, partly to back the arrival of new Petit Filous Organic Yogurts. These are the first organic products for the 16 year old brand, as well as the...

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    The Grocer focus on pasta & pasta sauces: product round-up

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Top tips on recently launched products likely to make money, selected by The Grocer Focus team Primo Milano Pasta Melt from Dairy Crest Rsp: 99p-£1.09 for 100g pot Why will it sell? One wonders why this company hasn't done it before? Using its...

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    Raw milk: Processor rises blasted as derisory' by the NFU

    2000-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Multiples are paying more to processors with Asda making it a condition of supply British dairy farmers are furious with the outcome of the latest set of raw milk prices offered by processors. The National Farmers' Union has branded Dairy Crest's...

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    First impressions: Pokemon yogurt from Yoplait Dairy Crest

    2000-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Yoplait Dairy Crest claims its new Pokémon yogurts range is the "biggest ever licensed launch". But are kids impressed? The Davies clan from West Sussex ­ Ursula, 12, Lucy, 11, Dominic, 9, Ingrid, 7, and Bernadette (pictured with mum and minus...

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    Developing Sainsbury business

    2000-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Webbs Country Foods has appointed two senior executives to develop its business with Sainsbury. Paul Savage, a former national accounts manager with Dairy Crest, becomes account director, reporting on progress with the £45m account directly to...

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    Colours for a fitter future

    2000-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest is focusing on its milk range's healthy image with a packaging redesign that suggests movement and fitness. The new design will appear on all fresh pasteurised whole, semi-skimmed, skimmed and homogenised milk in one pint Tetra top...

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    Dairy Crest's final line-up

    2000-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Following the conclusion of Dairy Crest's acquisition of Unigate's dairy business, Dairy Crest chief executive John Houliston has announced the final management structure. The foods division will be run by executive managing director Drummond Hall,...

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    The Grocer focus on the dairymen: Yellow fats

    2000-07-01T00:00:00Z

    IT'S SHOPPING BY COLOURS Independent research carried out by Dairy Crest for the Clover brand, suggests that yellow fats are in 99% of UK households. Richard Tolley, senior marketing controller, said they had identified three types of consumer:...

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    Unigate: Name now in doubt

    2000-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Unigate's £250m sale of its dairy business to Dairy Crest has prompted the company to consider a name change. The Unigate moniker is closely linked to its dairy heritage, so the idea of a change would not have been appropriate until the dairy...

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    In the city: Who is likely to come out on top in the fight f

    2000-04-29T00:00:00Z

    dairy and cheese businesses? A good old fashioned bidding war broke out over Easter, with rivals fighting for Unigate's St Ivel dairy and cheese businesses. The tension rose throughout the long weekend after Robert Wiseman Dairies and Dairy Crest...