Dairy Crest to expand after St Hubert sale

09-Mar-2012 - Dairy Crest intends to make further acquisitions in the UK dairy and chilled food sector, according to city analysts, after the firm revealed it was considering the possible sale of its St Hubert spreads division.

DairyCo funds benchmark for carbon reduction

29-Feb-2012 - Cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the dairy supply chain should become easier thanks to a new benchmark certified by the Carbon Trust and detailed in a report funded by levy-funded dairy farming organisation DairyCo.

Dairy Crest completes £3.1M Foston cold store expansion

27-Feb-2012 - Dairy Crest last year selected Nottingham-based consultancy Coriolis to work with on a £3.1M expansion project at the dairy's cold store facility at Dove Valley Park at Foston, just off the A50 between Stoke and Derby.

Natural shades that won't migrate in dairy

27-Feb-2012 - LycoRed has launched a range of natural, vegetarian, red and orange colours with non-migrating properties for fruit preparation. The new line is based on tomato lycopene and natural beta-carotene and covers a full-spectrum of colour possibilities from red to yellow.

Reformulation drive risks dairy sector damage, Dairy UK warns

27-Feb-2012 - UK trade body Dairy UK has called on the nation’s government to do more to communicate the positive health benefits of dairy products, and warns that the current focus on reformulation risks ‘putting many consumers off eating dairy foods’.

QC in butter production

27-Feb-2012 - Quality control (QC) will be a central feature of QCL's stand, with a variety of systems to meet the needs of the dairy sector.

Arla Foods starts 700 job recruitment drive

17-Feb-2012 - Danish dairy co-operative Arla Foods is to start recruiting 700 staff to work at its £150M super dairy in Aylesbury Buckinghamshire after construction began at the site last week.

R&R Ice Cream backs calls to abolish sugar quotas

15-Feb-2012 - European Union (EU) sugar quotas significantly inflate consumer prices and should be abolished at the earliest opportunity in 2015, James Lambert, ceo and executive chairman of R&R Ice Cream, has told FoodManufacture.co.uk.

Farm Group leaves £4M of bad debt for Dairy Crest

13-Feb-2012 - Farm Group’s decision to go into administration threatens 133 jobs and has saddled Dairy Crest with £4M of bad debt.

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Dairy Crest's £4M bad debt after Quadra calls in administrators

13-Feb-2012 - Dairy foods firm Dairy Crest has increased its bad debt provision by £4M after one of its customers Quadra Foods called in the administrators.

Milk is mined in bid to boost healthy ageing

09-Feb-2012 - Weight management and healthy ageing products could be among the fruits of Food for Health Ireland's (FHI's) continuing milk mining project, which was launched more than two years ago.

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Firms fail to realise potential of senior market

09-Feb-2012 - Senior consumers offer massive market potential for ingredients suppliers and food processors that few firms have so far successfully realised, according to Aine Hallihan, Carbery head of research and development.

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Robert Wiseman confirms ‘unconditional’ Müller deal

08-Feb-2012 - Müller’s takeover of Robert Wiseman dairies is now complete after the firm announced that the £280M offer from the German yogurt maker was “unconditional in all respects”.

Dairy firms should focus on added-value products

06-Feb-2012 - Focusing on added-value products will help the UK dairy sector to meet rising global demand and avoid short-term fluctuations in commodity prices, according to industry experts.

Dairy Crest hit by tumbling cream prices

03-Feb-2012 - Higher milk prices and a fall in the price of cream have hit profits at Dairy Crest, according to city analysts, after the firm announced a drop in profits for its dairies business.

Chance for dairies to milk bags of opportunity

30-Jan-2012 - As supermarkets encourage consumers to buy more milk in bags, there are growing opportunities for dairies to compete for this work. And a bagging machine developed for this purpose, now available in the UK, should help dairies to meet supermarket demands.

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Cash cows

30-Jan-2012 - Cow shuffling may never make it as an Olympic sport, but dozens of British dairy farmers have taken it up recently on behalf of Robert Wiseman Dairies. They've spent months testing their animals and rejigging multiple herds in order to form an elite squad of cows that produce only A2 milk. Never heard of it? According to Wiseman it's already the fastest growing grocery product in Australia and it will be hitting British shelves this summer.

Clean sheet for automatic dispensing in cold stores

30-Jan-2012 - PAL-Cut, which specialises in equipment and consumables for automated palletising systems, is launching a new sheet dispenser designed for continuous operation in industry cold stores.

Double chocolate cookie dough adds value to ice cream

30-Jan-2012 - Pecan Deluxe Candy has added an indulgent double chocolate alternative to its cookie dough range with bittersweet chocolate chips and cocoa powder.

Müller takeover to milk buying clout

30-Jan-2012 - Müller's announcement that it had launched an agreed takeover of Britain's "leading" liquid milk supplier Robert Wiseman Dairies was the biggest surprise of the past month.

Firms lament country of origin label burden

30-Jan-2012 - Country of origin labelling (COOL) looks set to cause manufacturers serious headaches and extra cost burdens when the new rules start coming into force in 2014.

Food & drink firms face more foreign takeovers

30-Jan-2012 - More British food and drink firms could find themselves the targets of overseas takeovers this year, with some analysts predicting mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity surpassing the £4.2bn achieved in the UK last year.

180 jobs at risk as Adams Foods closes Somerset factory

23-Jan-2012 - Adams Foods has confirmed the closure of its Wincanton cheese packing plant in Somerset, putting 180 jobs at risk.

Wiseman bid opens UK market for Euro takeovers

20-Jan-2012 - The UK liquid milk market could be a target for further foreign takeovers following German yogurt maker Müller’s accepted offer for Robert Wiseman dairies earlier this week, analysts have said.