Archive of all Arla articles – Page 20
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NFU blasts Asda and Arla over milk cuts
The NFU has blasted the latest milk price cut by Arla Foods UK as "penal". But it is equally pointing the finger at Asda for triggering cuts in the supply chain in March that "put the future of the dairy industry at risk." Arla Foods UK...
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"The appointment of Tim Smith and an FSA rethink on natural sugars - a little sanity is at last emerging"
I would love to have been a fly on the wall at Tim Smith's interview for the CEO role at the Food Standards Agency. How does the ex-chief executive of Arla Foods UK, a purveyor of precisely the kind of products the FSA would like us to consume...
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Dr Oetker tops up its chilled division
Dr Oetker UK has strengthened its chilled division with three new appointments.Neil Brealey has been appointed commercial manager for chilled, joining from Arla Foods where he was business unit controller. He has also worked for...
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Would less really mean more?
Farmers' leaders have rejected a suggestion by the boss of the UK's biggest dairy processor that the industry could be better off if it lost a billion litres worth of raw milk production. Arla Foods UK chief executive Tim Smith...
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Major dairies get doorstepping
Three of the UK's biggest dairies are to launch a bid to halt the dramatic decline in the volumes of milk delivered to doorsteps.Co-operative Dairy Farmers of Britain, processor Dairy Crest and Arla Foods division Express Dairies...
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Arla weathers storm
Arla Foods UK says its sales have not been hit by the furore over satirical cartoons that appeared in the Danish press.The caricatures of the prophet Muhammad have caused global unrest – targeted particularly at the Danes.Arla Foods, the...
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Milk hike ‘won’t worry the OFT’
An across-the-board retail price rise for liquid milk should not cause concern to the OFT, according to Arla Foods UK chief executive Tim Smith.Last week all the big four retailers increased the in-store price of a pint of milk by 1p,...
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Arla milk volumes decrease
Dairy group Arla Foods UK has revealed that milk volumes to the "challenging middle market" decreased in the first quarter of last year.However, in a trading update to the City, Arla said that volumes to supermarkets and household deliveries...
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Milk flavours for impulse buyers
Arla Food’s Cravendale brand is hoping to steal share from soft drinks, juices and smoothies with an ‘on the hoof’ single-serve milk product.The supplier is extending the successful fresh filtered Cravendale milk brand into slender half-pint...
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The Acid Test
>>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest product launchesProduct: cravendale hint ofCompany: arla foodsPrice: £1.09 per one-litre cartonCravendale Hint Of is an added-value milk for adults...
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Arla price cut angers partners
The previously acquiescent Arla Foods Milk Partnership has reacted angrily to the latest milk price cut by Arla Foods UK.The leadership of the Arla direct supply group, which is headed by chairman Jonathan Ovens, had until last week stood...
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Salkeld quits Grampian
David Salkeld, group chief executive of Grampian Country Food Group, is leaving the firm.Grampian said his departure was wholly amicable and that he was leaving on good terms.Salkeld joined Grampian in 2003 from Arla Foods, where he was...
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Supplier Spotlight
The secret of success in niche dairy supply is spotting openings before anyone else and fulfilling them, according to Highgrove’s joint founder and managing director Keith Collins.“We don’t have the huge budgets that the Arlas and the Nestlés...
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Arla rethinks packaging of cream to push up the category’s value
Innovative packaging for fresh cream will transform it from a commodity into a luxury item, driving category growth, according to Arla Foods UK.Now going into the multiples, new-look pots are made from rigid material, feature colour-coded...
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Tesco moves to find where retail price initiative money ended up
Tesco has called in its two liquid milk suppliers – Arla Foods and Robert Wiseman Dairies – to carry out an audit on where the retail price initiative money has ended up, according to reports.Sources in the farming sector claimed the move...
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FFA: Arla will reverse price cut
Arla Foods will rescind the price cut it imposed on dairy farmers by the end of August, according to David Handley, chairman of Farmers for Action.Handley warned that FFA planned to step up its direct action against Arla, and the retailers it...
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Inkpin new MD of Peter Hunt’s Bakery
Arla business development director Grant Inkpin has become the new managing director at Peter Hunt’s Bakery Foods, replacing Peter Beatty who has retired after 16 years with the company.Inkpin had worked for Arla for 10 years and was the...
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Cravendale gets flavour of adults
Arla Foods’ Cravendale brand is entering new territory with an added-value milk for adults.Cravendale Hint Of will come in two varieties, Wild Strawberry and Vanilla, and the white-coloured liquid will be targeted as an alternative to regular...
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More pulled into Arla supply fold
Arla Foods has secured a 50% increase in the amount of milk sourced through its Arla Foods Milk Partnership direct supply arrangement. The development means that from September, AFMP will supply 75% of Arla’s milk requirements, or 1.65 billion...
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Farmers furious as Arla digs in
The row between dairy farmers and Arla Foods intensified this week, after the processor refused to reverse its 0.35ppl cut in milk prices (The Grocer, June 11, p64).Arla met officials from Farmers For Action and the National Farmers’ Union on...