Dairy reports, insight and analysis – Page 11
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Category ReportBattle for the fridge: butters & spreads category report 2021
The fight is on between butter and dairy-free spreads as the plant-based boom gathers pace. Who’s winning the war and how?
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Analysis and FeaturesThe Courtyard Dairy: championing British cheese through the pandemic
Award-winning cheesemonger Andy Swinscoe on trading through covid and his passion for face-to-face retailing
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Comment and OpinionHalloumi deserves its PDO status. But imitators will still weasel their way on to shelves
Heritage foods like halloumi can be imitated but never bettered, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment and OpinionWhy is the EU legislating to make it harder to choose plant-based dairy alternatives?
Amendment 171 pushes against consumer demand and undermines the EU’s drive to promote sustainable consumption, say Upfield’s Dr Jeanette Fielding and Cecilia McAleavey of Oatly
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Category ReportLet the games begin! Yoghurts & pot desserts category report 2021
With the Tokyo Olympics finally set to go ahead, yoghurt brands are encouraging Brits to get active. Who’s on a winning streak?
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My Alternative CVDaniel Jones, Daioni Organic, on Sum 41, crocodiles and Elon Musk
‘My mates would say I’m a glorified milkman’
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Comment and OpinionMilk is precious – farmers should be paid accordingly
It’s hard to claim the work of dairy farmers is truly valued when farmgate milk prices can be as low as 26p per litre, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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Analysis and FeaturesCan AHDB evolve fast enough to stop more sectors rejecting levy?
Horticulture and potato growers have voted to abolish AHDB’s levy, putting £14m of its funding under threat
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Analysis and FeaturesWhy is Oatly building its first UK factory and what could it mean for the brand?
With its oat drinks soaring on the UK market, the plant-based brand has revealed plans to build a site in Peterborough
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Category ReportFighting back: dairy drinks category report 2021
On-the-go sales of dairy drinks have taken a tumble. So can the sector succeed in punching its way back to recovery post-Covid?
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Comment and OpinionDina Asher-Smith has a ball with Müller
This more grown-up ad sees the sprinter frolicking around with a load of balls
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Alex Rodda, brand project manager, Rodda’s
Sixth-generation Rodda family member Alex has progressed through four roles in his three years at the company
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Analysis and FeaturesFive key takeaways from the NFU conference
The annual food producer’s conference took place on Tuesday (23 February)
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat does ‘better’ meat and dairy production and consumption look like?
A new report claims to show how retailers can make meat ‘better’
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat’s the outlook for key food commodities in 2021?
With Brexit disruption and the pandemic contributing to a volatile market, what’s the outlook for key food commodities this year?
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Comment and OpinionOatly’s ‘Help Dad’ ad was designed to start a conversation on climate change
Michael Lee, Oatly’s creative director, explains the concept behind the brand’s Help Dad advertising campaign
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Comment and OpinionOatly’s ‘Help Dad’ ad is nasty, sneering… and wrong about dairy
The ad exploits that crude Greta Thunberg-style positioning of all older people as planet-thrashers and all young people as planetary saviours, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Analysis and FeaturesHow Jude’s became the UK’s first carbon negative ice cream brand
Jude’s has announced it is officially carbon negative. Now how will it meet its target of a 43% reduction in carbon intensity by 2030?
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PodcastThe Grocer’s Dairymen Podcast: Davina Bruce, McQueen’s Dairies
In this special podcast series we speak to six inspiring dairy heroes who went the extra mile to keep Brits’ favourite dairy products on shelves and in fridges during the coronavirus pandemic. In our sixth and final episode, we chat to dairy hero and milkwoman Davina Bruce about her 40 year career delivering milk to the people of Fife, and how she put off retirement to keep her community supplied over lockdown
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Analysis and FeaturesDairy: butters & spreads: Can butter keep its gloss next year?
Can butters, spreads and margarine expect another golden year in 2021? Or are hopes for further growth likely to melt away?