All Dairy articles – Page 177
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Hogg gets sales and marketing job at Denhay
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....
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News‘The home of Stilton’ gets crushed by the recession
One of the UK's oldest producers of Stilton has gone into administration after being hit by cashflow problems in the economic downturn. Quenby Hall Dairy, which lays claim to being 'the home of Stilton', is one of only six producers to be...
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NewsDefinitely Devon...but from Cornwall
Robert Wiseman Dairies has been criticised by Devon farmers for moving production of its Definitely Devon clotted cream to Scorrier in Cornwall. Production shifted to Cornish company Rodda's which has bought the brand and is in the...
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Focus On Soft Drinks: Flavoured milk not just the flavour of the week
Sales of flavoured milk drinks inched upwards last year, with value sales growing 0.2% and volume sales 4.4% [Kantar 52w/e 23 January 2011], leaving plenty of room for growth in a sub-category attractive to health-conscious consumers and, in particular, mothers.
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NewsFormer Gü directors to launch posh yoghurts
Two former directors of Gü Chocolate Puds are preparing to launch gourmet New Zealand yoghurt brand The Collective in the UK. Mike Hodgson and Amelia Macleod ex-Gü MD and sales director respectively have formed a joint venture company,...
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News‘Low-fat Cheddar’ label gets green light from EU
Cheddar makers will soon be able to call their low-fat cheeses 'low-fat Cheddar' as a result of new cheese-labelling rules coming in. Current UK laws on compositional standards for cheese mean cheese makers are not allowed to use the...
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NewsKerrygold launches Lighter block butter
Kerrygold has launched a lighter block butter in a bid to stem the flow of health-conscious consumers out of the category. Kerrygold Lighter Unsalted packet butter which contains 25% less fat than standard packet butter was a category...
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NewsKooks plans growth with mum appeal
The creators of new baked vegetable snack Kooks are hoping the product will prove a hit with kids and their mums. The cheese-flavoured corn puff-style snack, which contains rice and eight vegetables, and no artificial colours or…
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NewsCollier’s takes to Twitter after Sainsbury’s axing
Collier's Powerful Welsh Cheddar hopes to mobilise shoppers to lobby more supermarkets into stocking the brand following its delisting by Sainsbury's last month. The Fayrefield Foods brand is using Facebook and Twitter to get consumers to...
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Focus On Own Label & PLMA Show Preview: Innovations
This limited-edition tart is one of 50 products being added to The Co-operative's premium Truly Irresistible range. Baked in puff pastry, the tart has a creamy cheese sauce, with pea shoot and mint pesto and a pancetta garnish.
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Higgidy open top savoury slices hit Boots
Premium pie maker Higgidy has unveiled its first savoury slices. The open-top puff-pastry slices, which can be eaten cold or heated, are available in pancetta, red onion & mature cheddar and spinach, pesto & goats cheese (rsp:…
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Team Milk ready to sign up retailers and farmers
The organisers behind the Make Mine Milk campaign are gearing up to extend their activities beyond dairy processors for the first time, with plans to involve retailers and farmers. The three-year generic campaign, which this month...
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NewsHas the outlook soured for long-term dairy contracts?
Has the “innovative” Milk&More contract failed to stand the test of time thanks to high levels of cost inflation? Richard Ford and Julia Glotz report
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Brits show off quiff upper lip
First it was milk, putting a creamy smear on the top lip of stars like Pixie Lott, Gordon Ramsay and Usher.Now the awesome marketing power of the moustache has been deployed twice in a week. Absurdist nut lover Captain Tiptoes, a…
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NewsCritical Eye... on smoking beagles and punching donkeys
Smuggling has an oddly cosy ring to it, like something you'd do during a Sunday lie-in. It evokes images of ruddy-faced pasty-munchers shifting cheese in a row-boat rather than terrified mules downing condoms of heroin.
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Belfield deal to give Bally Bleat a boost
Goats milk ice cream could get a UK boost, after distributor Belfield signed a deal to distribute Bally Bleat goats milk ice cream in mainland UK.
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Arla in UK brand debut with squeezy yoghurt
Arla Foods is making its long-awaited UK debut as a consumer brand in its own right with the launch of an innovative new yoghurt product targeted specifically at teenagers.
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NewsMars and Cadbury unveil latest NPD in fight for bite-size
Mars and Cadbury have both unveiled products targeted at the growing demand for bite-size chocolate treats. In a first for the Cadbury Dairy Milk brand in the UK, Chocos will offer consumers 11 round pieces of chocolate in a roll-pack…
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NewsFocus On Yoghurts & Pot Desserts: Is the pot half full or half empty?
After growing strongly, the yoghurts & pot desserts category has slowed as commodity hikes have hit home. Could big pots and big brands hold the answer, asks Simon Creasey
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Focus On Yoghurts & Pot Desserts: Innovations
Last month New Zealand duo Mark Collins and Cara Cunningham launched Little Melton, a small-batch artisan yoghurt made from British milk, and local ingredients wherever possible.