All Saputo UK articles – Page 9

  • VITALITE
    News

    Vitalite pledges a return to Sainsbury’s

    2011-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has pledged to do its utmost to get Vitalite back on Sainsbury’s shelves after the dairy-free spread was delisted last month. Sainsbury’s stopped stocking Vitalite spread less than 18 months after it went into stores in May…

  • CLOVER-LIGHTER
    News

    Clover Lighter gets OAPs to sing praises

    2011-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest is launching a new TV push for its Clover Lighter dairy spread, featuring a choir of eccentric old-age pensioners. The ad, which debuts on 8 October during ITV1's The X Factor, sees the choir perform a version of A Tribe...

  • FRIJJ-BLUE
    News

    Frijj flaunts freshness with blue bottle caps

    2011-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest is adding a light blue cap to bottles of Frijj to emphasise the milk shake's freshness, part of a wider redesign to boost the brand's on-shelf impact. Bottles bearing the new caps which replace white ones will be in-store...

  • Profiles and QandAs

    The Human Angle: Rachel Baldwin, Dairy Crest

    2011-09-10T00:00:00Z

    We have offered all employees the opportunity to take a paid day off a year to volunteer for a local charity. We are also piloting 'self-development' days, where employees are encouraged to take two days per year to invest time in themselves.

  • DORSET-DAIRY-FARMERS
    News

    All four, one: M&S farmers get collective

    2011-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Four M&S dairy farmers from Dorset have clubbed together to create a collective buying and accounting system in a bid to cut costs and improve efficiency. The farmers, all of whom supply M&S through Dairy Crest, will share…

  • DAIRY CREST MILK MORE NEW
    News

    Dairy Crest buys cooking oil maker MH Foods

    2011-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has swooped to buy cooking oil and salad dressing maker MH Foods. The deal is worth £13m and hands Dairy Crest control of the Fry Light cooking oil brand.

  • News

    Jug It milk bag jugs get Tesco listing

    2011-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Jug It, the reusable milk bag jug from Dairy Crest, has been listed in 270 Tesco stores following a 10-store trial.

    The jugs along with Country Life milk bags started rolling out into Tesco stores at the end of June. Jug It is already…

  • News

    Davidstow Cheddar for marketing push

    2011-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest will highlight the Cornish heritage of its Davidstow Cheddar this summer as it prepares to launch the brand's biggest marketing push to date.The company has teamed up with The Guardian and Michelin-starred chef Nathan Outlaw...

  • News

    Dairy Crest stands firm on Cheddar promotions

    2011-05-21T00:00:00Z

    A defiant Dairy Crest has vowed to continue with its aggressive marketing strategy for Cathedral City and said it would 'not be out-promoted by anybody', despite other Cheddar brands warning the category needed to rethink its approach to...

  • News

    Hogg gets sales and marketing job at Denhay

    2011-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Richard Hogg is the new sales and marketing director for Denhay Farms. He has more than 25 years' experience in sales and marketing, working for companies including Milk Link, Duchy Originals, Sainsbury's, Tate & Lyle and Dairy Crest....

  • News

    Dairy Crest website pushes up milk price

    2011-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has increased the price of a pint of milk sold through its Milk & More doorstop delivery service by 3p.The move, ­announced last weekend, means one pint of semi-skimmed Countrylife milk in a glass bottle bought through...

  • News

    Dairy Crest: price dispute behind Co-operative Group contract loss

    2011-04-02T00:00:00Z

    The recent loss of Dairy Crest's milk contract with The Co-operative Group was down to its inability to agree the right price, the company has revealed.

  • CHEESE-DISPLAY
    News

    FFA threatens cheese­makers with protests

    2011-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Cheese producers have become the latest target for Farmers For Action, which has threatened protests at the cheesemaking factories of Dairy Crest and Lactalis McLelland. The protest group which two weeks ago announced plans to build its...

  • ROBERT WISEMAN
    News

    Robert Wiseman squeezes out Dairy Crest in milk deal with The Co-op

    2011-03-16T12:51:12.757Z

    The Co-operative Group has handed a two-year deal to supply all its own-label milk to Robert Wiseman Dairies. The mutual had previously sourced 25% of its own-label milk from Dairy Crest, with Wiseman providing the remaining 75%.

  • Comment and Opinion

    Saturday Essay: Farmers finally get some tender loving care

    2011-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Milk price is a hot topic but Dairy Crest is showing how a little focus can yield great returns for all, says Mark Taylor

  • FRIJJ-MAN-AD
    News

    ‘Quirky’ Frijj promo offers man for a day

    2011-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest's Frijj is taking "quirky" to a whole new level with the launch of a competition to win a ­person. From Monday, shoppers who purchase a bottle of chocolate, strawberry or ­banana Frijj milkshake will have the chance to win...

  • News

    Farmer milk prices raised by processors

    2011-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Major milk processors have heeded farmer calls for milk price increases to cope with soaring feed costs. Dairy Crest wrote to its farmers this week informing them of a 1ppl increase in the price it will pay to its non-aligned farmers ...

  • DAIRY CREST MILK AND MORE
    News

    TV debut for Dairy Crest delivery service Milk & More

    2010-12-22T10:13:06.420Z

    Dairy Crest is launching the first-ever TV campaign for its Milk & More online delivery service in January.

  • PILGRIMS-CHOICE-CHEESE
    News

    Pilgrims Choice takes on rivals with lighter launch

    2010-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Pilgrims Choice is about to go head-to-head with Dairy Crest and Milk Link in the reduced-fat Cheddar market with the launch of two lighter variants, The Grocer can exclusively reveal. The brand will launch Pilgrims Choice Mature Lighter...