All Arla articles – Page 15

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    Anchor revamp pushes free-range credentials

    2008-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Arla Foods is ploughing £10m into its £80m Anchor butter brand this year with a complete packaging relaunch and a concerted push on Lighter Spreadable to reverse slowing sales growth. It has redesigned the range with a more modern twist...

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    opinion - "Tesco is so over Slough. These friendly bombs matter not a jot versus its assault on the US market"

    2007-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Competition inquiries are like buses. This week saw the termination of the Tesco Slough case, Arla co-operating in the alleged milk price-fixing case, and last orders called by the Competition Commission in the big groceries inquiry. For the trade,...

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    Processors warn of 20% milk price hike

    2007-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Consumers could be facing another big rise in the supermarket price of dairy products, after processors gave the strongest indication yet that a 20% rise in farm gate milk prices is on the cards. Arla Foods Milk Partnership chairman...

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    Arla brings Danish Castello to Britain

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Arla Foods has brought its cheese brand Castello to the UK, supported by a £2.1m marketing push. The Danish cheese, which is being rolled out to Tesco, Morrisons and Asda this month, comes in Castello Blue, a blue-veined gourmet option...

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    Symington's buy-in spurs range growth

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Symington's, owner of the licences to the Ainsley Harriott and Crosse & Blackwell brands, is planning to expand its ranges and double turnover following a management buy-in this week.Led by ex-Arla Foods and Grampian Country Foods boss...

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    In Brief: Raising the standard; Sainsbury's premium; Arla hit by shortage

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Raising the standard  The standards behind British Lion eggs have been upgraded to improve salmonella controls and traceability. From next month the www.britegg.co.uk website will allow consumers to trace eggs back to the farm they came from....

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    Momentum building to get card game into every school

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    A Top Trumps-style card game created by kids at a school in Yorkshire - and featured in The Grocer - is now oversubscribed, with suppliers from Arla Foods to Unilever having signed up. In a letter to The Grocer, Mike England, head teacher...

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    the great dane

    2007-09-08T00:00:00Z

    The man in charge of Britain's biggest supplier of own-label dairy products to retailers has a lot to learn about UK supermarkets. Arla Foods chief executive Peter Lauritzen says he is still coming to terms with the idea of grocery shopping at...

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    Processors lift prices to appease farmers

    2007-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Dairy companies have announced a raft of huge liquid milk price hikes for farmers, in an effort to quell frustration about low returns in the industry. Major processors Dairy Crest and Arla Foods have broken the 25ppl barrier with the price rises...

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    Arla milk contract forces farm to sell

    2007-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The UK and Arla's biggest dairy farmer has sold up because he was not offered a high-value contract to supply Tesco, it has emerged.The sale of David Barnes' farm near Carlisle, which produces 18 million litres of milk a year, raises...

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    Best own-label supplier Arla

    2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

    With four of the top 10 best-selling SKUs in supermarkets involving milk, Arla knows its service levels need to be top-notch - and over the past year they have been. The company has continued to build strong business relationships with its...

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    Anchor goes back to the old buttercup test

    2007-05-14T00:00:00Z

    New advertising for Anchor butter this summer will feature the old-fashioned buttercup test as owner Arla repositions the brand as the only free-range option on the market.TV ads featuring the childhood method of checking whether someone...

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    The path to excellence

    2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Simon Stevens mD commercial, Arla foods UK: "We have focused on three key areas: service levels, innovation and assistance with category management. We have worked hard to improve availability. Of 150 new products launched this...

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    Smith leaves Arla Foods UK

    2007-04-20T09:48:00Z

    Tim Smith, chief executive officer of Arla Foods UK, has left the company.Smith stepped down from the role, which he has held since June 2005, by mutual agreement, Arla Food said. He will be replaced by Peter Lauritzen. Lauritzen has...

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    Breaktime gets healthier

    2007-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Breaktime flavoured milk drinks from Arla Foods have been reformulated to meet government guidelines for drinks in schools and repackaged to appeal more to kids. The beverages, which come in chocolate, banana and strawberry, now contain...

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    Arla buy-out set to tidy up loose ends

    2007-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Arla's branded dairy portfolio is expected to get a cash injection if the recommended 71p-a-share take-over bid from its biggest shareholder goes through. Danish-Swedish dairy co-op Arla amba already owns 51% of Arla Foods UK and has been...

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    Arla Foods UK acquired by parent company

    2007-01-23T08:19:00Z

    Dairy firm Arla Foods UK has been acquired by its parent company Arla Foods amba in a deal worth £434.5m.Arla Foods amba yesterday acquired the 49% stake it does not already own in Arla Foods UK for 71p per share.“This offer from...

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    Star Product

    2006-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Cow's milk is not the usual drink of choice for those consumers suffering from lactose intolerance, but thanks to innovation from Arla Foods in the form of Lactofree, now it can be. The product, hailed as the UK's first lactose-free dairy drink...

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    Arla replaces Hint Of with Half Pint format

    2006-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Arla Foods is ditching its Cravendale Hint Of flavoured milk after two years and replacing it with a new half-pint brand.Arla originally launched Hint Of in a one-litre format, which it was forced to scrap after a year when sales fell...

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    Arla to sue dairy companies

    2006-10-25T08:18:00Z

    Robert Wiseman Dairies has said that it is being sued by Arla Foods after the Office of Fair Trading provisionally ruled that Robert Wiseman and other milk suppliers might have breached price fixing rules in Scotland.Arla is seeking damages...