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    Pilgrims Choice matures Cheddar to new Xtreme

    2010-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Pilgrims Choice is launching a new Xtreme Cheddar as part of plans to modernise the brand and "blow the socks off" consumers.The 15 to 18-month matured Cheddar, which will be sold in black packs with a 'For Adults Only' warning, goes on...

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    Focus On Yoghurts & Pot Desserts: Children’s yoghurts

    2010-04-10T00:00:00Z

    The children's yoghurt market hasn't had a great year, with sales down 1% by value to £274.5m and 6% by volume [IRI 52w/e 20 February]. The big brands have continued to focus on health.

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    Cravendale keeps it pure with new look

    2010-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Cravendale has finally unveiled its new packaging, with a design that stresses the filtered milk's purity.The new design does away with the grass and daisy theme and replaces it with a simpler and cleaner look featuring pure, flowing...

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    Focus On Yoghurts & Pot Desserts: Four to watch

    2010-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Northern Irish Dale Farm launched its first children's yoghurt under the Rowan Glen brand last month. Super Doopers children's yogurts contain whole milk and real fruit purée.

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    Focus On Yoghurts & Pot Desserts: When lactose just won’t do

    2010-04-10T00:00:00Z

    American comedian Jerry Seinfeld once declared he was lactose intolerant: "I have no patience for lactose."

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    Frijj wraps itself in England colours for World Cup

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Frijj is stripping the branding off its bottles and replacing it with a St George’s cross as it looks to tap into football fever ahead of this summer’s World Cup.

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    Lumley adds Vitality to TV ad campaign

    2010-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Joanna Lumley will front a new £2m campaign for Müller's Vitality range.The actress will promote Vitality as 'the probiotic yoghurt with the prebiotic fibre difference' in a 12-week TV and press run that will target over-55s.

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    Waitrose drops pouch milk after poor uptake

    2010-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose has ditched its environmentally friendly milk pouch and jug concept, claiming poor demand was leading to high wastage.The supermarket phased out both the Calon Wen branded milk and its own-label milk pouches last month. To...

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    Milk price cut for Tesco’s farmers after fall in costs

    2010-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has cut the amount it pays its dedicated group of milk farmers to reflect lower production costs.Members of the Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG) will receive 26.9ppl for their milk from 1 April a fall of 0.47ppl. The price is...

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    Picture This... Say ‘cheese’ this Easter

    2010-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Is it a cheese? Is it an egg? No, it's a Chegg, the latest brainwave from dairy companies to tap the Easter market.

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    Annual profits up by 35% at Yazoo supplier

    2010-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Dutch dairy giant Friesland Campina has defied falling demand for dairy to post a 35% upturn in profits.Annual results for 2009 show profits at the Yazoo supplier rose from 135m to 182m, with global branded growth credited with driving...

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    Picture This... Sex and the lacto-free City

    2010-03-27T00:00:00Z

    If Carrie can learn to take Big back into her life, lactose intolerants can also have a future with dairy, according to Lactofree. Arla's lactose-free dairy brand has secured ad space around Sex and the City 2 for a campaign drawing on the...

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    QC claims judge ‘favoured JN’ in milk invoice trial

    2010-03-27T00:00:00Z

    The JN Dairies vs Johal Dairies milk invoice theft case has taken another extraordinary twist with accusations of "favouring witnesses" amid allegations of "kidnapping, death threats, intimidation and bribes".After a two-day hearing at...

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    First Milk to shut its underutilised Rothesay plant

    2010-03-27T00:00:00Z

    First Milk is to close its loss-making Rothesay Creamery on the Isle of Bute with the potential loss of 19 jobs. Milk production on the island had declined by more than 25% over the past two years and the creamery was now severely...

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    My Alternative CV: Fergus Fitzgerald, Adnams

    2010-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Fergus Fitzgerald, Adnams head brewer, on hot cheese, Avatar and eating carrots out of the ground

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    Vitalite gets in shape to increase its appeal

    2010-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest is ditching its traditional round and shallow Vitalite tub after 27 years in favour of a similar format to Utterly Butterly. Vitalite's branding will remain the same and it will continue to use the green and yellow colours...

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    Asda cuts fifth of farmers out of milk sourcing pool

    2010-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Asda has removed up to 20% of members from its milk sourcing pool in a move it claims will give it a more committed farmer base.The supermarket, which sources all of its milk from Arla, currently has about 500 dedicated farmers supplying...

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    Irish cheese range debuts in Waitrose

    2010-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Bord Bia and Waitrose have launched an Irish farmhouse cheese range across the retailer's British stores.The range went on to deli counters in most Waitrose stores this week, in time for St Patrick's Day. It includes cheeses from five...

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    The improved Jugit arrives at Sainsbury’s

    2010-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has rolled out its redeveloped Jugit milk jug concept alongside Sainsbury's extension of the milk bags system.The new jugs have a spout that is easier to remove and clean, as well as a removable handle for people with minimal...

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    Bedfordshire start-up to launch cheese snack bar

    2010-03-13T00:00:00Z

    A radical new snacking cheese that resembles a chocolate bar is being developed by a group of Bedfordshire entrepreneurs.Casa Verde Foods is working on a Bedfordshire cheese that will be launched in the form of a 50g snack bar "similar...