All Dairy articles – Page 191
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NewsFlora to shift focus from health to family appeal
Unilever is gearing up for a major revamp of its Flora spreads portfolio in the new year. The company plans to move away from the health focus that has characterised much marketing and communication for Flora in recent times and return...
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NewsMelt-in-middle fish cake from Seachill
Seachill is hoping to reinvigorate the flagging fishcakes sub-category with the first branded melt-in-the-middle product. Saucy Centre Fishcakes from The Saucy Fish Co come in smoked haddock with a Davidstow Cheddar sauce, and salmon with...
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NewsVeggie dishes are ‘ruined’ by Parmesan
The Vegetarian Society has launched Say Cheese, a campaign to stop restaurants from 'ruining' veggie dishes with Parmesan. Many restaurants were losing out on business from vegetarian customers because of the 'never-ending trend' for...
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NewsFarmfoods ‘agrees to talks’ over milk prices
Farmers For Action (FFA) has shifted its focus to the discounters and has already won a mini-victory in its campaign to get better milk prices for farmers.
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NewsIndie stores alerted over a mystery dairy supplier
Independent shop owners in the Midlands have been put on alert by their dairy suppliers after an unknown supplier started targeting stores with offers of discount milk, bread and eggs. Over the past few weeks, hundreds of independents and...
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Mike Kelly
Name: Mike Kelly Company name: Milk Link Sales: more than £549m HQ location: Bristol Number of employees: About 1,200
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NewsSt Helen’s Farm goats sing carols
Goat dairy company St Helen's Farm has launched a 'vote for your goat' game on its website, allowing consumers to vote for their favourite video of a goat 'singing' Christmas carols. The company said its goats produced more milk when...
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NewsTesco promises milk price review for TSDG
Tesco has committed to review the price it pays its dedicated dairy farmer group after an "exceptional" rise in on-farm costs. The price Tesco pays its Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group farmers for their milk is usually set bi-annually in...
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Cravendale rewards attract 1.6 million
Cravendale's first-ever on-pack reward scheme has attracted nearly 90,000 claims in the 15 weeks since its launch, and the brand is ordering extra stock to cope with demand.The Arla-owned filtered-milk brand started offering items from...
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NewsProduction of cheese and butter increases
UK butter and cheese production rose significantly in September, by 26% and 10% respectively, according to Defra figures, while liquid milk was up 1%. About 1.17 billion litres of milk was used for Cheddar production, up 5.9% from...
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NewsFocus On Cheese: Under siege
The gap between cheese imports and exports continues to widen. Julia Glotz asks whether this should be cause for concern and looks at what producers are doing to redress the balance
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NewsFocus On Cheese: Just how lowlow can cheese go-go?
Richard Ford rounds up brand activity around healthier options as producers react to new reduced-fat targets
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Focus On Cheese: Kids' cheese must try harder at lunchtime
Manufacturers have failed to make the most of the kids’ lunchbox sector and need to capitalise on the demand for healthier options, reports Lisa Riley
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Focus On Cheese: A world of opportunity for UK cheese
British cheese producers are increasingly looking outside the UK for the next phase of growth.
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Focus On Cheese: Innovations
Davidstow emerged from the own-label shadows this year after Dairy Crest decided to launch Davidstow Cheddar as a brand in its own right.
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NewsPilgrims Choice takes on rivals with lighter launch
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...
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Supplier Q&A : The time to think smarter
After the collapse of Dairy Farmers of Britain in June 2009, confidence in the future of dairy co-ops was at an all-time low. But with pre-tax profits up a healthy £8.6m in the six months to 2 October and the co-op about to launch I Can't Believe It's Not Cheddar, ...
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NewsMars claims creation of sub-category with Shake ‘n’ Snack line
Mars has claimed the creation of a new sub-category with a new product that contains chocolate-flavoured milk in a pot with a chocolate treat in the lid. The Shake 'n' Snack line-up will initially be available in a Malteser and a Twix...
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NewsTesco halts the milk wars with 24% hike
The milk price war is offically over for the time being at least as Tesco raised the price of a four-pint bottle of standard milk to £1.55 this week.
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NewsBRC unveils new guidelines for country of origin labels
New guidelines over country of origin labelling have been published, formalising industry standards for a host of meat and dairy products.