All The Dairymen articles – Page 2
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Analysis and Features
Dairy inflation: could the category become a luxury in the UK?
Dairy is a household staple, but as category inflation soars, what’s the outlook? How long will it be before dairy becomes an expensive treat?
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Analysis and Features
How is dairy (still) meeting the sustainability challenge?
Wrap research suggests around 85 million pints of milk waste may be as a result of shoppers sticking to use-by dates
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Analysis and Features
What are the most luxurious dairy products on sale in the UK?
King Charles III is not alone in cutting back on dairy. “For years, I haven’t eaten meat and fish on two days a week, and I don’t eat dairy products on one day a week,” he told the BBC in 2021 when, as Prince of Wales, he discussed his eco-conscious diet
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Analysis and Features
Dairy’s rising stars: meet six of the best aged 30 and under
The dairy industry is suffering from high vacancy rates – but is also benefiting from the passion and energy of many motivated young workers, across branding, tech, sales and more. Meet some of them in our rising stars roundup
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The Big Interview
Former rivals at Medina Freshways on working together
The merger of processors Medina and Freshways was complicated by Covid, but the newly formed supplier is now ready to become a major player
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Analysis and Features
How vending machines could deliver for specialist food retailers
Vending machines have evolved to sell a wide range of local produce and could offer specialist food retailers a way to tapping new markets
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Analysis and Features
10 unforgettable ice cream adverts throughout the ages
From the chilled to the downright chilling, we look back at 10 unforgettable ice cream ads to mark The Dairymen
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News
The Dairymen 2022: nominate your rising stars of the UK dairy industry
They can be anyone aged 30 or under, in any role along the dairy supply chain
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Podcast
The Grocer’s Dairymen Podcast: Rich Clothier of Wyke Farms
He ensured the farm became the first in the UK to run on green energy all the way back in 2014
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Podcast
The Grocer’s Dairymen Podcast: Andrew Booth of WD Farms
Not just a good life, but a ‘life worth living’
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Podcast
The Grocer’s Dairymen Podcast: Matthew Hall of Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses
For the past three years, he and his team have “lived and breathed” the process of developing fully recyclable packaging
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Podcast
The Grocer’s Dairymen Podcast: Liz Naftel, Les Fauconnaires
Jim and Liz Naftel of Les Fauconnaires Farm play music to soothe their herd of 40 pedigree Guernsey cows during milking
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Analysis and Features
How dairy farms can help keep Britain’s bees buzzing
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust has teamed up with Calon Wen, and wants other dairy farms to join in
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Analysis and Features
Consumer research: What are shoppers thinking about dairy and the environment?
Consumers are more concerned about sustainability than ever. How do they feel about dairy’s impact on the world?
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Analysis and Features
Creative challenge: How can the dairy industry attract fresh talent?
Dairy is no exception to the grocery labour crisis. So, how can the sector attract new talent? We handed the task to creative agency Bray Leino
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Podcast
The Grocer’s Dairymen Podcast: Alan Kingston, Glenilen Farm
Sustainability is a buzzword for many businesses now. This is quite literally true for Alan and Valerie Kingston of Irish dairy supplier Glenilen Farm. The County Cork business is home to 180,000 bees across three hives, which produce organic honey. Glenilen also caters for solitary bees through a wildflower garden. ...
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Analysis and Features
Eight of the past year’s hottest dairy-free innovations
From potato ‘milk’ to kids’ yoghurt alternatives, here’s our pick of the past year’s most exciting dairy-free launches
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Podcast
The Grocer’s Dairymen Podcast: Ash Amirahmadi on crisis calls at Arla
Times have been volatile at Arla Foods UK for a while now. When might they end? “It’s difficult to see,” admits MD Ash Amirahmadi, “because every time you think things are stabilising, something else comes along.” All in all, he’d be forgiven for wanting to lie down in a ...
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Analysis and Features
From personalisation to Zoom events: how to make a cheese shop stand out
We asked five UK cheesemongers about what makes their business so significant
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The Big Interview
How Ash Amirahmadi has steered Arla through crisis after crisis
Arla Foods’ UK MD has seen the company through Brexit, cost-cutting and Covid – on top of a challenging liquid milk market