Dairy

First Milk hails ‘huge step’ towards new creamery

01-Oct-2010 - First Milk plans to start building its new Scottish creamery in early 2011, after Argyll & Bute Council approved a delayed planning proposal for a linked Tesco store

Graham's dairy makes 'major investment' in butter plant

27-Sep-2010 - Independent Scottish dairy Graham’s The Family Dairy is investing heavily to expand its butter plant following the acquisition of rival Claymore Dairies.

Can Robert Wiseman regain the initiative after profit warning?

27-Sep-2010 - While last week’s profit warning was a serious blow, Robert Wiseman Dairies is in a good position to try and claw back some of the initiative over the next 18 months, particularly if it is able to win business from Asda and Morrisions, according to Investec Securities.

DEFRA to draw up new COOL guide by end of November

22-Sep-2010 - The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is aiming to draw up a new voluntary code of practice on country of origin labelling (COOL) by the end of November.

Analyst: Asda's discounting has decimated milk margins

16-Sep-2010 - Asda’s margin-crushing promotional activity on liquid milk has prompted a wave of price-cutting that has contributed to “a material destruction of category profitability”, according to one City analyst.

Robert Wiseman Dairies slashes profit forecasts

16-Sep-2010 - Robert Wiseman Dairies has slashed profit forecasts on the back of intense competition and higher fuel and packaging costs.

Organic dairy sector rebounds as industry aims to ‘win hearts and minds’

16-Sep-2010 - Sales of organic milk and yogurt are up but cheese is still suffering, as the industry strives to win “hearts and minds”after the recession, says farmers' co-operative OMSCo.

New factory to boost dairy production in Jersey

09-Sep-2010 - Jersey Dairy’s multimillion pound 3,000m2 factory, at Trinity in Jersey, is complete.

News in brief

New guidelines help dairy processors calculate carbon footprint

08-Sep-2010 - New guidelines will ensure that UK dairy processing companies benefit from a common approach to calculating carbon footprints across the whole supply chain.

Feature

The Big Interview: Fiona Phillips, Dairy Crest

06-Sep-2010 - Dairy Crest’s new product development boss for foods talks to Rod Addy

Every burp helps

06-Sep-2010 - Tesco is using a detector from Crowcon to monitor methane emissions in burps from cows on its dairy farms to evaluate different feeding regimes and reduce dairy’s environmental impact.


Opinion

Which God made the seven-day milk rule?

03-Sep-2010 - The European Parliament’s (EP’s) call for milk labelled as ‘fresh’ to be under seven days old raises the question of the meaning of ‘fresh’ in relation to any food.


Mintel: UK ice cream sales up 7.5% to £799m in 2009

03-Sep-2010 - UK sales of ice cream rose 7.5% in 2009 to £799m and are predicted to top £814m in 2012, according to new research from Mintel.

Dairy UK: Gov’t must take more science-based approach to nutrition

02-Sep-2010 - Trade body Dairy UK has urged the UK government to take a more science-based approach to nutrition policy when staff from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) join the Department of Health (DoH) in the autumn.

News in brief

Glanbia first-half operating profits up 38.7%, sales up 9.7%

25-Aug-2010 - A strong performance from its global nutritionals arm and a return to profitability in Irish dairy ingredients helped to fuel a 38.7% surge in operating profit to €66.3m (£54.6m) on sales up 9.7% to €1.036bn (£852.5m) at Glanbia in the first half.

First Milk’s new creamery faces potential delay

25-Aug-2010 - First Milk’s plan to build a new creamery in Campbeltown could be delayed as a contigent planning application from Tesco is held back.

News in brief

'Growing chatter': Arla could lose some Asda milk volumes to Robert Wiseman Dairies

24-Aug-2010 - There is “growing chatter” in the trade that Arla – currently the sole supplier of fresh liquid milk to Asda – could lose some business to rival Robert Wiseman Dairies if Asda seeks to diversify its supply base, according to City analysts.

Arla keeps City guessing over location of super-dairy

24-Aug-2010 - Arla’s 1bn-litre ‘super dairy’ will not – as suggested in press reports this week – be constructed ‘near the western fringe of the M25 between Slough and Uxbridge’, bosses have insisted.

Wild Fig triples ice cream production after contract win

16-Aug-2010 - Welsh ice cream manufacturer Wild Fig has tripled production after picking up a major contract to supply ice cream tubs to the Wales Millennium Centre.

Kerry Group confirms terms of offer for Newmarket Creameries

12-Aug-2010 - Kerry Group has confirmed the terms of its offer to buy Cork-based cheese maker Newmarket Co-operative Creameries in a €33m deal.

Groupe Lactalis ‘committed’ to Rachel’s Welsh dairy, says supplier

11-Aug-2010 - French dairy giant Groupe Lactalis has signalled its commitment to maintaining Rachel’s brand and production in mid-Wales, according to Calon Wen, the co-operative that supplies all of the organic yogurt maker’s milk.

Cheese trial next after bakers slash salt with ‘micro’ particles

11-Aug-2010 - The firm behind a new breed of microscopic salt crystals that can help manufacturers slash sodium and retain their clean label status is conducting its first trials on cheese.

First Milk ties up with Morrisons in sustainability initiative

09-Aug-2010 - Farmer-owner dairy business First Milk has teamed up with Morrisons to improve sustainability and cut costs in the cheese supply chain.

Analyst: Dairy Crest biggest loser in retail milk shakeup

09-Aug-2010 - Dairy Crest could be the biggest loser if the UK’s biggest supermarkets decide to shake up supply contracts over the next 18 months, while rival Robert Wiseman Dairies has the most to gain, according to a new report.