All Saputo UK articles – Page 15

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    Cheese stores set for national battle

    2004-07-24T00:00:00Z

    The regional winners have been announced for this year’s Retail Cheese Awards organised by Dairy Crest in association with The Grocer.In the category for specialist independents, Valvona & Crolla in Edinburgh, Deli on the Square, Ludlow,...

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    Dairy Crest axes plant

    2004-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has announced the closure of its Enfield factory, with a loss of 320 jobs.The fresh products factory, run by joint venture Yoplait Dairy Crest, produces own label yogurts and soft cheeses.It will close early in 2005 because the...

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    Wight shutdown

    2004-07-02T10:17:00Z

    Dairy Crest has announced plans to shut down its Isle of Wight dairy operations.Thirty seven jobs are set to go from the processing plant in Newport, which produces flavoured milk.The company has cited the high cost of transport to...

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    Mr Juicy makes the most of fruit

    2004-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has added a new splash of colour to its St Ivel Mr Juicy range of drinks with a pack redesign.The brand’s one-litre and 200ml cartons have been redesigned to emphasise the fruit content and health benefits of the range, which...

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    Asda Poised to Ditch Milk Suppliers

    2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Asda has notified Robert Wiseman Dairies and Dairy Crest that it intends to terminate their milk supply contracts.Robert Wiseman's contract was worth £70m in the 53 weeks to April 3 2004, while Dairy Crest reported its contract was worth...

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    Petits Filous pots increase calcium

    2004-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Yoplait Dairy Crest is set to enrich the health credentials of its Petits Filous fromage frais range of children’s pot desserts by relaunching them with added calcium.The reformulation of Petits Filous will mean two 60g pots contain 21% of the...

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    Champions of own label

    2004-04-05T00:00:00Z

    The Grocer has revealed this year’s best own label suppliers – as voted for by buyers. Glenmorangie, Robert McBride, Hazlewood Foods, Premier Foods, Monkhill and Toms Confectionery, Arla and Dairy Crest, Green Isle and Garden Isle, Gerber...

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    Yop seeks a place at breakfast table

    2004-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Yogurt drink Yop is getting its first TV campaign in a bid to make the brand a breakfast table staple for teenagers.Owner Yoplait Dairy Crest is investing £3m in the push, which breaks next week, about half the brand’s current value at the...

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    Lattimore to retire after 32 years in dairy industry

    2004-01-31T00:00:00Z

    David Lattimore, managing director for specialist businesses at Dairy Crest, is to retire on February 6. He was responsible for building relationships with direct suppliers. Graham Osborne, direct supply director, will take responsibility for...

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    Vitalite is next target

    2003-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Vitalite will be the next brand in Dairy Crest’s stable to be given an image overhaul as the dairy giant revamps products acquired from Uniq last year.Speaking as the company unveiled a sharp rise in first half profit driven by growth from...

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    Not for Everybody, then

    2003-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Yoplait Dairy Crest has said it has no immediate plans to extend a probiotic yogurt drink called Everybody, currently on sale in Ireland and Northern Ireland, into the UK.Launched by Yoplait’s Irish franchisee, Glanbia, the drink is the...

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    Princes buys Crest juice

    2003-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has sold its own label chilled juice business in Kidlington to Princes as part of its strategy to focus on added value and branded operations.The £11m deal follows the closure of its butter and powder ingredients business in...

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    Dairy Crest sells juice plant

    2003-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has sold its chilled drinks business to Princes for £11m to focus on developing its spreads and flavoured milk.Dairy Crest said the sale of own label juice operations at Kidlington, Oxfordshire, would incur a one-off charge of...

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    In Profile: Q&A with Gerry Roads, Marketing Director, Yoplait Dairy Crest

    2003-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Describe your career to date I began as a sales rep with Procter & Gamble in the Birmingham and Coventry area. After a year of driving round with leaking...

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    Cool debut for Fimbles

    2003-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Children's TV stars Fimbles are set to make their debut in the chiller cabinet on a new range of Fruit Finders from Yoplait Dairy Crest. The pots of fromage frais have fruit purée centres and are aimed at the two to four-year-olds that form the...

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    New executives for Dairy Crest

    2003-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has appointed Alastair Murray as finance director with effect from September this year.Murray, who replaces Ian Laurie, has been finance director at The Body Shop for the past four years and also gained experience in edible...

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    a round-up of the hottest recent action in FMCG

    2003-05-10T00:00:00Z

    spreading the word n Dairy Crest plans to revitalise the Utterly Butterly, Vitalite and St Ivel Gold spreads it bought from Uniq last year with new marketing campaigns. n The profile boosting forms part of a strategy to focus on added-value...

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    Thornton joins board

    2003-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Peter Thornton, managing director of Dairy Crest Spreads, will become an executive managing director of Dairy Crest next month. Chairman Simon Oliver said: "I am delighted to welcome Peter to the board. He will oversee our spreads and liquid...

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    Executive moves at Dairy Crest

    2003-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has appointed Peter Thornton to the board as an executive managing director, with effect from April 1.Meanwhile, Chris Roberts, executive MD since joining Dairy Crest following the acquisition of the Unigate dairy and cheese...

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    Cheese please

    2002-12-09T00:00:00Z

    This year's Retail Cheese Awards judges discovered new standards in presentation, says Jac Roper S ay cheese! For the eight winners of the 12th annual Retail Cheese Awards, sponsored by Dairy Crest and The Grocer, there is plenty to smile about....