All Dairy articles – Page 194
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NewsAs discounter threat subsides milk sales are still growing
In four years, discounters have more than doubled their share of milk sales. How? And do the mults care? By Adam Leyland and Elinor Zuke
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NewsPicture This... Cravendale in the pink
Cravendale is supporting Asda's Tickled Pink Breast Cancer Awareness campaign with the launch of limited-edition pink milk cartons. One-litre cartons of Cravendale skimmed milk will be sold in 200 Asda stores between 6 September and 1 November, and...
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Creamfields festival in Tesco trademark scrap
The organisers of the Creamfields dance music festival, which took place last weekend, are embroiled in a trademark dispute with Tesco over its use of the Creamfields brand for own-label dairy lines.It has emerged that Cream Holdings,...
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NewsArla follows Unilever in pushing umbrella brand
Arla Foods UK has embarked on a major new communications and rebranding drive to increase consumer awareness of the brand behind household brands such as Anchor, Lurpak and Cravendale.
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First Milk plans to seize no3 Cheddar brand slot
First Milk is revamping its Lake District brand in a bid to turn it into the country's number three Cheddar brand within the next five years.New packaging for The Lake District Cheese Co. is being rolled out across the multiples from...
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Müllerlight Inspired by... new TV advert
Müller is aiming to cream off extra sales for its new Müllerlight 'Inspired by...' range with a new £1.5m campaign.A TV ad, which hits screens next week, shows three female friends lost in their own dreamworld as they enjoy the fat-free...
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Arla Foods muscles into cottage cheese with own-label lines
Arla Foods has made its debut in UK cottage cheese and taken half the own-label market in one go. The UK subsidiary of the Scandinavian dairy giant started supplying own-label cottage cheese to Tesco last week and will supply Asda from...
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Cost-cutting tactics help First Milk return to profit
First Milk has "turned the corner" having converted last year's £9.9m loss into a profit in its latest results.
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New smoothie has UK-only ingredients
The first smoothie to be made exclusively from British milk and fruit has launched into Waitrose. Frumoo is made from fresh milk and fruit and comes in a resealable pouch. The brainchild of marketer Maria Leavesley, it was developed...
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WI wages into milk price war
The National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) has waded into the milk price war by calling for reassurance from supermarkets that they will support British dairy farmers. The move comes after Asda cut the...
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My Alternative CV: Sam Dolan, brand manager, Cravendale
Sam Dolan, Cravendale brand manager, on milk apathy, interior decorating and Disneyland.
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Cheesemakers unite in artisan growth bid
Two of the West Country's biggest cheesemakers have linked up in a bid to grow sales of artisan cheeses. Somerset cheesemaker AJ & RG Barber and Dorset-based Ashley Chase Estate agreed a merger in June, The Grocer can reveal.
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Women’s Institutes go back into battle over milk price war
The National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) has waded into the milk price war by calling for reassurance from supermarkets that they will support British dairy farmers.The move comes after Asda cut the price of four pints from...
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Ginsters Balti chicken spices up pasty range
Ginsters is replacing its Ham, Leek & Cheese Cornish pasty with a Chicken Balti variant, and is pledging to keep the nation's love of spicy food in mind for future launches. The Chicken Balti Pasty (rsp: £1.99), which hits shelves...
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Commodities: Bitter winter turns up the pressure on milk powder prices
Prices for milk powder stabilised in July but they may start to go up again if a cattle feed grain shortfall hits milk supply says Liliana Gonzalez of Mintec
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Cravendale kicks off loyalty programme
Cravendale is launching the first-ever customer loyalty programme for milk, with the introduction of an on-pack collector scheme on its bottles next week. Special promotional versions of Cravendale's two-litre milk bottles will go on...
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Kershaws launches veggie ready meals
Kershaws Quality Foods is launching its first range of frozen vegetarian ready meals this autumn under a cheeky twist on the 'I can't believe it's not butter!' banner. The chicken-style soya kievs, vegetarian bangers & mash and nut...
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NewsEU planning seven-day expiry for ‘fresh’ milk
Half of the UK's milk could be banned from being labelled as "fresh" under an absurd food-labelling proposal forwarded by Green MEPs.
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: The 12.5p pint of milk will have a major impact on the trade
I suppose it’s not surprising Andrew Thornton’s squirrel-steak-selling Budgens store in Crouch End is receiving so much publicity right now.
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Mums beware! Charlie and Lola hit dairy aisle
Milk Link is predicting an outbreak of pester power after teaming up with BBC Worldwide to launch a strawberry milk drink featuring characters from hit children's TV show Charlie and Lola. Called Charlie and Lola Pink Milk (rsp: £1.29),...