All Saputo UK articles – Page 16
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Dairy Crest
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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Frubes' new sporty stuff
Yoplait Dairy Crest is aiming for extra sales of kids' portable fromage frais brand Frubes with a new pack design and advertising. The company has also signed a £1m+ three-year deal to sponsor baseball and softball in the UK. It claimed the...
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the food chain: milk
Average annual price will be back to little more than 2000's record low of 16.9p Dairy Crest paves the way for more farmer pay cuts After their best year in 2001 since 1998, farmers are now seeing regular cuts in their monthly farm gate prices. ...
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Pie in the Frijj
Dairy Crest has added a limited edition Custard Pie flavour to it Frijj milkshake range. It joins the Chocolate, Strawberry, Banana and Extreme White and Dark Chocolate variants. "The previous limited edition, Luvly Latte, did spectacularly...
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A record £100,000 was raised by 800 diners at the annual lun
Tesco says it will soon be opening a number of standalone Express convenience stores around the country. Dairy Crest CEO John Houliston is to retire after 11 years when the company holds its annual meeting on July 18, 2002. He will be replaced by...
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A fund of £3m is to be set aside by the government for rural
Camelot is halfway through the rollout of new lottery terminals, with a target of 25,000 installations by the start of its new licence in January 2002. The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld separate complaints against Dairy Crest and...
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Tropicana strengthens consumer and business marketing teams
Tropicana has added two members to its sales and marketing team. Kerstie Drew joins from Dairy Crest as Tropicana senior brand manager. She takes on responsibility for the consumer portfolio and all consumer marketing and sales activities....
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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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Petit Filous get organic offspring
Yoplait Dairy Crest is spooning out £4.5m of advertising support for its Petit Filous brand this year, partly to back the arrival of new Petit Filous Organic Yogurts. These are the first organic products for the 16 year old brand, as well as the...
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The Grocer focus on pasta & pasta sauces: product round-up
Top tips on recently launched products likely to make money, selected by The Grocer Focus team Primo Milano Pasta Melt from Dairy Crest Rsp: 99p-£1.09 for 100g pot Why will it sell? One wonders why this company hasn't done it before? Using its...
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Raw milk: Processor rises blasted as derisory' by the NFU
Multiples are paying more to processors with Asda making it a condition of supply British dairy farmers are furious with the outcome of the latest set of raw milk prices offered by processors. The National Farmers' Union has branded Dairy Crest's...
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First impressions: Pokemon yogurt from Yoplait Dairy Crest
Yoplait Dairy Crest claims its new Pokémon yogurts range is the "biggest ever licensed launch". But are kids impressed? The Davies clan from West Sussex Ursula, 12, Lucy, 11, Dominic, 9, Ingrid, 7, and Bernadette (pictured with mum and minus...