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    Cravendale PurFiltre The cows want it back'

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Created by: BNP Launched: February 2001 The idea of this ad ­ the cows' milk is so good they want it back ­ is simple but effective. Menacing looks and James Bond-style antics from the real life cows ­ including scaling a building on a...

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    Müller blames quality issues' as it pulls organic yogurt ra

    2002-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Mary Carmichael Müller has withdrawn its organic yogurt range one year after launch. The yogurt giant, which dominates the UK mainstream market, blamed "quality and consistency issues" for its retreat from the organics sector. However, industry...

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    Uniq seeking buyers for its yogurts and spreads

    2002-06-15T00:00:00Z

    John Wood Uniq has raised the for sale sign over its UK yogurt operation, including the St Ivel Shape range, and its branded spreads business including Utterly Butterly, St Ivel Gold and Carapelli. Chief executive Bill Ronald said the decision...

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    THE BEST approach

    2002-06-08T00:00:00Z

    n They don't have to be tastier. Profitable premium products pull for other, subtler reasons. Steve Hemsley analyses their potential Whether it's Tesco's traditional Scottish smoked salmon, Safeway's roasted red pepper and goats cheese tartlets, or...

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    Ilchester Cheese Co's Beer Cheese caused outrage when it was

    2002-06-08T00:00:00Z

    The Original Ilchester Beer Cheese is a blend of mature Somerset Cheddar and Fuller's Beer. It comes as a 3kg black waxed deli wheel, 175g tray pack and 150g flow wrapped pack. Ilchester is also producing a commemorative Beer Can tin. The company...

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    Müller waves a wand and works its Magic for kids

    2002-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Müller is aiming to cast a spell over five to 10-year-olds with a new range of Müller Magic children's yogurts. On shelf next month, the two variants come with a magic wand containing a secret' ingredient to transform the vanilla yogurt base. ...

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    THE FOOD CHAIN: CHEESE

    2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Domestic industry gaining significant market share but at the cost of low prices Cheddar bottoming out After falling by over 25% since last September there are now signs that UK Cheddar prices are stabilising. During early May, further price...

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    VERSATILE GOAT

    2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Goats milk specialist St Helen's Farms is aiming to demonstrate the versatility of its products with an on-pack recipe promotion. The company, which is attempting to wean consumers on to its alternative offering to cows milk, is launching...

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    We are now into the season of agricultural shows which offer

    2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Farmers can display their fine prime livestock and produce to a public that, in some cases (astonishing as it may seem) still believes that milk is a man-made product only to be found in supermarkets, and meat has no relationship whatsoever to the...

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    Vegan challenge over saturated fats

    2002-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Sir; We sympathise with Stephanie Spiers of Milk For Schools (Letters, May 11) in wanting the DfES "to intervene to protect children from extremist materials produced by well funded activists". In the current propaganda war on milk and meat it is...

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    the food chain

    2002-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Almost daily announcements of price cuts by processors and supply co-ops Farmer alarm over cuts Having seen average farm gate milk prices rise 14% in 2001, UK dairy farmers are becoming increasingly concerned at the almost daily announcements of...

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    Datum, the Milk Development Council's (MDC) market informati

    2002-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Historical prices, milk production figures and quotas are just some of the historical figures now available in Excel format. The figures can be manipulated online or downloaded from the web site www.mdcdatum.org.uk. Work will be ongoing in this…

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    Don't let our kids be brainwashed

    2002-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Sir; Is it morally acceptable, or professionally ethical, for animal rights' activist teaching packs to be used in classrooms to indoctrinate four to six-year-olds to believe that it is wrong to drink milk and wrong to eat meat ­ especially when the...

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    FOODY-DOO

    2002-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Canine cartoon sleuth Scooby-Doo features on a new range of Primula cheese snacks - the first time the Kavli brand has specifically targeted children. Backed by ads and promotions in children's titles, the Scooby-Doo range includes a Tube, a Snack...

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    LIGHTER YAKULT

    2002-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Yakult its launching its first new product in Britain after six years in the market. The company said that Yakult Light contains the same friendly bacteria as its older sibling but has a lighter taste. The fermented milk drink has attracted a...

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    I wouldn't normally thank you for biscuits, crisps or other

    2002-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The two varieties ­ Milk Chocolate Hobnobs and Milk Chocolate Digestive biscuits ­ are bite-sized' versions of the standard biscuits and they come in appropriate snack-size packs. Packaging is not unattractive, although only the shiny silver...

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    Nestlé Rowntree is launching three new hanging bags under th

    2002-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Germolene has introduced new Bites & Sting Spray to its product portfolio. Consumers are to get the chance to win a Scandinavian style outdoor hot tub Jacuzzi spa in an on-pack promotion for Utterly Butterly Scandinavian style. Ashborne...

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    Top 10 Chilled Yogurts

    2002-04-20T00:00:00Z

    & Dessert Brands (value £000) y-o-y % change 1. Müller light yogurt ...

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    trends, developments

    2002-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Alpro claims to hold more than 50% of the £12.5m dairy free yogurt and pot dessert sector which, it says, is set to double in value over the next five years. Product manager Greig Saunders says: "The sector is no longer driven by consumers...

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    müller custard &

    2002-04-20T00:00:00Z

    sponge dessert Rsp: 59p for 175g Launched in September, this traditional pud was a huge success. A glitch in the supply chain, however, has taken it off the market temporarily to be relaunched later this year. Best sales were in December at...