All Dairy articles – Page 199
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Milk price guarantees spark hopes of stability
Dairy analysts are predicting a period of stability for liquid milk suppliers despite another round of milk price cuts. Over the past week, a number of processors have announced cuts to the milk price they pay farmer suppliers. Robert...
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Founders buy back The Cheese Cellar Co
The Cheese Cellar Company has been bought out by its founders after parent Novel Group went into administration.
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Glanbia issues bleaks profits warning
Irish cheese manufacturer Glanbia has been forced to issue a profits warning as dairy prices slump to “historic lows”.
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Picture This... Cookie doh! Frijj hires Homer
Homer Simpson will appear on bottles of Frijj chilled milkshakes for a new limited edition Cookie Dough flavour. Homer follows in the footsteps of fellow Springfield resident Chief Clancy Wiggum, who has been used to promote Frijj's chocolate fudge...
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NewsRachel's drops 'Organic' as packs get fresh look
Yoghurt specialist Rachel's Organic is dropping the word 'Organic' from its name to simplify its brand identity.
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Price cuts 'trample the green shoots of recovery underfoot'
Milk processors have come under renewed fire from farmers' unions following another round of price cuts.Dairy Farmers of Britain last week announced it was dropping its standard milk price by 2.2ppl to 20.16ppl from April 1, its third...
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Doritos puts cheese and spice together
Doritos is launching a new crisp variant that it claims brings together two of the most popular flavours on the market.The new Flamin' Cheeseball crisp (rsp: 38p for 40g, £1.77 for 225g), a mixture of cheese and spices, is to be added to the...
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NewsTV campaign pushes Président Emmental
Lactalis McLelland has kicked off a £1.5m TV ad campaign to push its Président Emmental. The three-week campaign, launched this week, features a 20-second commercial running between primetime shows such as Coronation Street, Grand Designs...
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Call for investment in dairy manufacturing
The British dairy industry could be reduced to producing little more than raw milk and some high-value cheese if manufacturers do not invest further, an industry analyst has warned. While Britain had become adept at producing premium...
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Anchor links with Sawday to offer hols
Anchor has teamed up with Alastair Sawday's Special Escapes to launch a £3.5m on-pack promotion to win a British holiday. Promotional packs of the butter will go into stores from 4 May, with shoppers able to enter a prize draw to win a...
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NewsIt's Go for an Edam with brand power
A bold attempt to revitalise Dutch Edam sales by dispensing with the iconic red rinded wedge and launching a new branded - and rindless - block product kicks off this month.
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Cravendale revamp postponed by Arla
Cravendale has postponed the launch of new look packaging due to go into stores this month.The milk brand leader had unveiled new packaging at IFE, but later withdrew the prototypes. Group brand manager for milk Jessica Hardcastle would not...
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NewsActivia and Actimel keep up the pace in downturn
Sales of Activia and Actimel have continued where they left off in 2008 in the first quarter of 2009, with 50% of Activia's double-digit growth coming from its new Intensely Creamy posh desserts range. In a static market, volume sales in...
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Dairy Crest sells Yoplait stake as import costs hit
Dairy Crest chief executive Mark Allen has blamed its decision to sell its stake in Yoplait prematurely on soaring import costs in the yoghurt market.Britain's biggest dairy business sold its 49% stake in Yoplait Dairy Crest to the Yoplait...
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Retailers grow profit margins on Cheddar
Supermarkets have been accused of significantly increasing profit margins on Cheddar in the past year - but failing to pass on the benefits to processors or consumers.The retail gross margin on mild Cheddar has increased from 37% of the...
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NewsTesco milk price cut brings relief to the dairy industry
Tesco is in dairy farmers' good books after dropping the price it pays for milk by just 1ppl. But what are the wider implications, asks Michael Barker
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Cheese brands push up their ad spends
Cheese manufacturers are defying the recession and increasing their ad spend.Total category spend on TV and press campaigns jumped 20% year-on-year to £3.2m in the four weeks ending 15 March according to Billetts. The uplift was driven by...
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Innocent pulls plug on 750ml 'thickie' drinks
Innocent has ditched its 750ml 'thickies' less than a year after launch as it shifts its focus from the dairy aisle back to chilled smoothie & juices.It is scrapping the three-strong 750ml range of yoghurt drinks, which hit shelves last...
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Falling farmer numbers threaten organic milk supply
Organic milk supplies are coming under threat as farmers switch back to conventional milk production – on the grounds it is more commercially viable. Securing organic milk supply was “the greatest challenge faced by the industry”, warned...
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NewsEditor's Comment: So now we can advertise condoms to kids, but not cheese, honey or bran-rich cereals
Over the past half decade, Dame Deirdre Hutton has been a key figure at two identically titled regulatory bodies: the FSA and the FSA. The Food Standards Agency, which she has chaired since 2005, Dame Deirdre has regulated with a fearsome...