Archive of all Saputo UK articles – Page 16

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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....

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    Dairy Crest

    2002-11-16T00:00:00Z

    is upbeat Double digit growth in Dairy Crest's added value business during the first half was tempered by difficult conditions in commodity areas. Dairy Crest boss Drummond Hall remained upbeat about the company's prospects, but said trading...

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    With so much competition in the licensing market, one way to

    2002-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Yoplait Dairy Crest has gone down this route and launched a range of Andy Pandy fromage frais in September. Jennie Dettmer, group brand manager, says: "Our aim within children's licensing is to secure classics that hold longevity and broad appeal,...

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    Dairy Crest now leads in taste'

    2002-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Elaine Watson Dairy Crest has moved into second place in the butters and spreads market behind Unilever Bestfoods after snapping up Uniq's branded spreads division in an #86.5m deal. Chief executive Drummond Hall claimed the deal, adding Utterly...

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    Our basket of shares has now lost 10% of the original #1,000

    2002-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons shares put on 18p and Unilever 21p but, of the retailers, Sainsbury took a hammering in September as its price dropped by 36p. Cadbury Schweppes' shares fell 25p and Dairy Crest dropped 51p. Sainsbury is not looking good, in spite of its...

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    Dairy Crest sell Westway site

    2002-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Chilled foods group Dairy Crest has sold its former milk processing plant Westway in London for £18m in cash.CGNU and Commercial Union have bought the site which Dairy Crest vacated in January. The approved developer is Helical...

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    Suppliers replenish our basket

    2002-09-07T00:00:00Z

    In the current depressed financial climate, The Grocer's basket of shares has taken an upward turn - we've made a whole £4m this month.Despite most of our companies recording a loss, gains by Somerfield, Associated British Foods, Dairy Crest,...

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    BLOCKADE TO GO TO SCOTLAND

    2002-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Militant farmers group Farmers For Action has vowed to extend its blockades of milk processors to Scotland. The group is targeting Dairy Crest and Robert Wiseman depots after the companies drove farmgate milk prices down earlier this month....

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    Cuts spark blockade

    2002-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Militant farmers group Farmers For Action is blockading Robert Wiseman and Dairy Crest depots across the UK following their decision to push farmgate milk prices down again. FFA chairman David Handley said it was targeting five depots initially,...

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    Dairy Crest gets on healthy olive oil spread bandwagon

    2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has joined the increasingly easy battle to attract olive oil lovers with its first spread based on the oil. Argento is a combination of olive oil and buttermilk and will throw Dairy Crest into the same arena as Unilever Bestfoods which...