All Dairy articles – Page 218
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monitor - 26th May 2007
Britain's hard-pressed dairy farmers have been promised more money for their milk since early spring. But it is taking a long time to turn the ship around after three years of steadily falling milk prices and an ever-bigger squeeze on margins. After...
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Stony targets UK with eco-friendly yoghurts
The world's largest organic yoghurt producer is crossing the Atlantic next month in an attempt to attract a more mainstream consumer to the UK organic sector.Stonyfield Farm, which is 80% owned by Groupe Danone, has developed a low-fat,...
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we work together - Cathedral City
Mark on Charlotte Charlotte is the brand manager, and my role is cheese quality manager, grading and selecting every batch of Cathedral City cheese. Any cheese being developed involves me. I'm an operations person and we have a different view to the...
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In Brief: FSA board; Highland service; Hynes remains; Plum Baby manager; Two for Yakult board; Standing down
FSA board John Spence has been named as a new board member for the Food Standards Agency in Wales. Spencer is currently chair of the Welsh Food Advisory Committee and prior to his retirement in 2003 worked for more than 36 years in local government...
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Dairy Crest axes its Totnes dairy plant
Dairy Crest has announced plans to close its 130 million-litres-a-year Totnes plant.The Devon site supplies fresh milk to retailers in the region as well as to Dairy Crest's doorstep customers. But a strategic review of the company's...
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Strong sales expected as Localchoice arrives
Tesco has launched a new range of local milk into 650 stores just six weeks after unveiling plans to do so.It is a key part of the retailer's shock initiative to hand an extra £25m back to dairy farmers from its own pocket. Called...
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In Brief: First Milk win; Handley honoured; Another egg hatches
First Milk win First Milk has won Somerfield's Scottish cheese business contract. It will supply English and territorial cheeses and a new Highlands and Islands cheese. The deal lasts a year. Handley honoured Farmers For Action boss David Handley,...
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Retail contends with soaring dairy prices
Huge rises in the value of dairy commodities could encourage farmers to switch away from retail milk contracts, dairy experts are warning.Products such as butter and milk powder are trading on the world markets at record prices, making...
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Anchor goes back to the old buttercup test
New advertising for Anchor butter this summer will feature the old-fashioned buttercup test as owner Arla repositions the brand as the only free-range option on the market.TV ads featuring the childhood method of checking whether someone...
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First Milk wins Asda regional cheese deal
Asda has signed First Milk on an 18-month contract to supply regional cheese, despite speculation that it was looking to switch manufacturers.The deal covers more than 20,000 tonnes of cheese from the dairy co-op's three creameries at...
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Alpro Soya is first supplier to commit to carbon neutrality
Alpro Soya has become the first food manufacturer in the UK to make a commitment to become completely carbon-neutral. The company, which makes a range of soya products, said this week it would dedicate the remainder of 2007 to assessing...
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Noble vows to soldier on with egg merger
Egg supplier Noble Foods is confident it will avoid being broken up, despite a recent ruling by the Competition Commission.Noble's management says there is little prospect of a successful sale of Stonegate - the smaller partner in the...
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Müller corners market with an increasing lead
The chilled yoghurts & pot desserts category continues to have one clear leader when it comes to promotional activity - Müller. The brand accounted for 37% of activity among the top five brands in the yoghurts & pot desserts category.
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Cheese image threat
The government and its "renegade agencies without portfolio" are a bigger barrier to the future growth of the British cheese market than international competition, and have damaged the image of cheese, according to a Dairy UK survey out next week....
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Cheesy PR stunt has us all baffled
Is there an award for Most Baffling PR Stunt Ever? If there is, it must ?go to the brains behind ?National Cheese On Toast Day (which, for those who would like to know?, was on 19 April).To draw this ?important occasion to our attention,...
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In the can - 28th April 2007
Meat Brazilian corned beef producers warn that prices will have to rise to claw back losses from the weakening dollar. As they trade beef in US dollars, the continuing strength of the local currency, the Brazilian real, is undermining their returns....
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Suppliers at PLMA
Own-label manufacturers and suppliers will be out in force at this year's PLMA. North Downs Dairy will be showcasing its range of cheeses and packaging facilities.
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Tesco local milk range sparks supplier rows
A row has broken out within Dairy Farmers of Britain over which farmers will get contracts to supply milk for Tesco's new regional range.Some 150 contracts for the Localchoice milk are on offer, each worth 23ppl to farmers paid less than...
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Green label warerupts
Another labelling war looks a step closer after Tesco signalled it would not be adopting the Carbon Trust's new carbon footprint labelling scheme as it stands.As the Trust's label appeared on Walkers cheese and onion crisps for the first...
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First fat-free soya milk targets skim milk fans
A fat-free soya milk is hitting shelves this month to draw in skimmed milk users looking for a skinny soya alternative. So Good Fat Free, which the eponymous producer claims is the first fat-free soya milk in the UK, blends filtered...