All Dairy articles – Page 201
-
News
Long Clawson expands to satisfy overseas demand
Long Clawson Dairy is to spend £6.5m on expanding its Leicestershire facility to meet growing overseas demand for Stilton.The expansion will allow Britain's biggest Stilton producer to increase production by 25% within four years. The...
-
News
Alpro refreshes its look to appeal to the mainstream
Alpro has been given a multimillion-pound facelift in a bid to return it to double-digit growth…
-
News
Danone hires Kelly and McCutcheon to boost health appeal
TV stars Lorraine Kelly and Martine McCutcheon have been signed up by Danone as part of a major health-focused promotional drive for 2010.The dairy giant has secured a deal with ITV for the Actimel brand to sponsor GMTV with Lorraine....
-
News
Müller UK sales boss rises to new role at operations in Italy
Müller Dairy UK is seeking a new sales director following the promotion of Colin Smith to general manager of the yoghurt giant's operations in Verona, Italy. Smith has been sales director for Müller Dairy's British division since 2006,...
-
-
News
Mugabe henchmen storm Nestlé HQ
The Zimabawean office of Nestlé has been blockaded after the Swiss manufacturer stopped buying milk from a farm owned by President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace.
-
News
Nom appoints Sabin as first sales director
Nom UK has appointed its first sales director.John Sabin has joined the dairy company from Uniq where he was commercial director. He has also worked for Müller.He will head up a sales team of 23 people in his new role,...
-
News
Extra Light tries to avoid trouble by going Lighter
Flora Extra Light has been renamed Flora Lighter Than Light in a bid to circumvent new EU food labelling rules but lawyers warn the move may not be enough to stave off litigation.From 19 January, a new annex on health claims in the...
-
News
First Milk on the road to recovery, says boss
First Milk's chairman and interim CEO Bill Mustoe has insisted the company is "in the recovery pattern" and is well placed for a stable and successful future.In his first major interview since joining the company in October, Mustoe told...
-
News
Humphreys to leave First Milk by mutual agreement in March
Bill Mustoe will effectively act as executive chairman at First Milk after CEO Peter Humphreys announced he is to step down.Humphreys will leave the loss-making business by "mutual agreement" at the end of March and recently appointed...
-
News
Focus On Hot Desserts: Big helpings all round
Obesity problem? What obesity problem? Families are filling up on traditional puddings and microwaveable twin pots as comfort eating, coupled with eating in, heat up the hot desserts market, says Vince Bamford
-
News
Dairy Crest to buy more milk from direct suppliers
Dairy Crest is planning a radical shake-up of its milk supply chain to bring stability and allow it to pay farmers more money.Britain's biggest dairy company, which has been conducting a year-long review of its milk procurement policy,...
-
News
Is the FSA demanding too much of cheese suppliers?
Suppliers accept that there's a need to cut satfats, but actively promoting low-fat cheese puts them at odds with consumers, says Nick Hughes
-
News
Jersey replaces semi-skimmed with 1% fat milk
Jersey Dairy is ditching semi-skimmed milk in favour of a 1% fat alternative in a nod to the growing demand for lower-fat dairy. It has begun rolling out half and one-litre bottles of 1% milk and will no longer be producing milk labelled...
-
News
Barratt to bring out Lovely alternative to Cadbury Mini Eggs
Cadbury Mini Eggs face new competition in the sugar-coated chocolate egg category in the form of Lovely Mini Eggs by Sherbet Fountain maker Barratt.The eggs, which like Cadbury Mini Eggs are made from solid milk chocolate with a crisp...
-
News
Butter prices may go up by a third, say analysts
The retail price of butter could soar by up to a third over the next few months, analysts have warned. The wholesale butter price has leapt from £2,000/tonne in August to almost £3,500 [PTF] twice what it was a year ago as a result of...
-
News
Focus On Cheese: Spreadable cheese is back in vogue
Spreadable cheese including processed cheese spread (primarily aimed at children) and soft cheese (a more 'adult' purchase) outperformed the total cheese market [TNS 52w/e 1 November 2009].