All Dairy articles – Page 268
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Shaw takes vodka shots
Chocolate confectionery company Elizabeth Shaw has turned to the bottle for inspiration for its Winter Collection Christmas range. It is spearheading the range with new Vodka Shots milk chocolates with smooth chocolate centres blended with...
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Dairy: EU butter storage scheme reaches peak
Privately owned stocks of butter held under the Private Storage Aid Scheme are peaking at near record levels. Across the EU, PSA stocks at the beginning of August had reached 162,000 tonnes, including 7,400t in the UK. This was 13,000t more than at...
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Biscuit break
Green & Black's is using its eponymous organic chocolate brand to break into the biscuit fixture with the launch of milk and dark Organic Chocolate Butter Biscuits in mid September. The half-coated biscuits come in cream packaging with purple or...
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The Grocer focus on speciality & fine foods: passionate abou
A major part of any retailer's speciality food portfolio is cheese. But to make it special it has to have that certain something and, according to Waitrose cheese buyer Graham Cassie, that is passion. One of their main characteristics is that they...
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Milk production: First Milk warns of crisis
It's buoyant now, but a serious shortfall is looming for the winter Dairy co-operative First Milk has warned that the UK is facing a milk production crisis this year as a result of the foot and mouth outbreak. First Milk contacted members farming...
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A hot dog's life for boys
Kraft is getting ready for the back-to-school lunchbox rush by introducing Dairylea Lunchables Hot Dogs. These stretch the boundaries of Kraft's Lunchables ready-to-eat cheese range which covers crackers as well as meat and Dairylea cheese slices. ...
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First impressions: Bertolli Pasta Sauces
Andy Scott, md of Vivid Brand Designs, Clerkenwell, cooked for Sam, aged 14 - a school Master Chef of the year - Hannah, 11, and Katie, 12 Do Unilever Bestfoods' new Bertolli pasta sauces and pestos do their Italian heritage justice? We usually...
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DAIRY: EU anticipates well balanced market with cheese main
In its annual update of the longer term prospects for the European dairy industry, the EU Commission has forecast a well balanced dairy situation over the next seven years. Milk output is expected to show little change because of the milk quota...
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New Zealand Milk UK: Price cuts drive war on Lurpak
Price cuts on Anchor Spreadable are the first public signs of New Zealand Milk UK's aggressive plans to reclaim the number one spot in the butter market. MD Simon Tuckey said one reason for the dramatic price cuts of recent weeks, with a 250g tub...
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Kraft's search is on for the new face of Angel Delight
Kraft Foods is looking for an angel to star on revamped packs of children's instant dessert Angel Delight. The search for a cherubic child will be promoted both instore and on milk cartons at Tesco in the Midlands, south and Wales, nationally in...
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Duchy Originals ambitious to develop shares of key areas'
Prince Charles' organic food brand Duchy Originals has announced plans to extend its rapidly expanding portfolio into even more grocery sectors. The first phase includes organic whole and semi-skimmed milk the company s first major step into the...
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Yakult's TV teaching
Yakult is to celebrate five successful years in Britain with its first ever 30-second TV advert. The £2.5m campaign features a young girl called Katie whose father teaches her about the billions of friendly bacteria contained in every little bottle...
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Smith is in for a second term
The Provisions Trade Federation re-elected Andy Smith chairman at its annual meeting this month. Smith is md of European dairy company Lactalis UK, which owns the President butter brand. John Howard of the Danish Bacon and Meat Council is the...
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Cheese: Cheddar prices firming
Makers have not recovered all of their cost increase from the market yet Despite higher make so far this year, Cheddar prices on the UK market have been getting firmer. Mild Cheddar, whether imported or home produced, is fetching around £2,300 per...
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Retail Cheese Awards: Retailers whose cheeses really do the
Country Cheeses of Topsham and the Booths supermarket in Clitheroe have been named the UK's best cheese shops. The stores are the national winners of the prestigious 2001 Retail Cheese Awards sponsored by Dairy Crest and The Grocer. The awards,...
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Dairy: Milk output still defying the FMD factor
For the third month running, UK milk production has surprised the experts by defying the cull of large numbers of dairy cows resulting from the foot and mouth crisis. According to the latest estimates, between 5% and 6% of the national dairy herd...
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Ragu all churned up in makeover
Unilever Bestfoods is giving its Italian sauce brand Ragu an image makeover so it can still make an impact on the increasingly crowded sauce fixture. The new look jar will have a milk churn' shape, pictures of ingredients and handwritten...
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Dairy: Milk Link plans European co-op style restructuring
South of England dairy farmer co-op Milk Link has announced plans to restructure its operations along the lines of a European style producer cooperative. The change in structure will allow Milk Link to raise the capital it needs to finance a move...
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Dairy: UK cheese make rising
Output rose 19% in March and 12% in the first quarter UK production of butter and cheese during the first quarter of this year showed contrasting trends. Butter make was down to 33,300 tonnes, over 3% less than in the same period last year,...