India-based Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the marketer of the Amul brand of milk and dairy products, plans to a new dairy facility in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The government had earlier planned to establish the ...
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Dutch dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina has reported a 26.9% increase in its full year net earnings to €274m, compared to €216m in 2011, driven by a higher operating profit and lower financing costs. The cooperative ...
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Brazilian food company Vigor, a subsidiary of JBS, has entered into an agreement to acquire 50% stake in dairy cooperative Itambe for BRL410m ($208.3m). Itambe, which is one of the leading dairy cooperatives in Brazil, sources milk from ...
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Canadian dairy cooperatives Agropur and Farmers Co-operative Dairy plan to merge their operations. Announcing the move, the dairies said it would benefit their farmer-owners by providing national scale and accelerating a process of ...
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Fonterra has launched a global search for a chief financial officer to replace Jonathan Mason, who plans to retire in the next six months. Commenting on the news, CEO Theo Spierings said that Mason had "strengthened" Fonterra's financial ...
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Dutch dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina has entered in to an agreement with MYWO Food to acquire cheese specialist Zijerveld and its packaging unit Den Hollander Food for an undisclosed amount. The move is part of the ...
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Canada-based dairy cooperative Agropur has acquired Foremost Farms USA's dry blending business, as part of its efforts to strengthen its presence in the baking and blending industry. With the acquisition, Agropur gains control of brands ...
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Dutch dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina plans to reorganize its operations in Hungary as part of its efforts to ensure sustainability and continued growth of its branded business. As a part of this strategy, the co-operative is set ...
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India-based Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the marketer of the Amul brand of milk and dairy products, is set to establish a dairy unit in Thane, Maharashtra. The facility, which will be set up with an investment ...
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Dutch dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina has reported that its profit for the first half of 2012 increased 8.7% to EUR138m, up from EUR127m in 2011, helped by volume growth and focus on international operations. Revenues increased ...
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Danish dairy cooperative ArIa Foods has merged with German cooperative Milch-Union Hocheifel (MUH), following approvals from the European Commission. The merged business is called Arla Foods Deutschland. Arla is a dairy cooperative ...
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Alaska Milk,a leading dairy company in the Philippines,has filed a petition seeking voluntary delisting from the Philippine Stock Exchange. This move comes as the Dutch dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina filed a tender offer notice ...
TreeHouse Foods has completed the acquisition of the aseptic cheese and pudding business from Associated Milk Producers (AMPI), a dairy cooperative based in New Ulm, Minnesota, US. AMPI's aseptic cheese and pudding sells products to ...
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Canadian dairy cooperative Agropur has announced its plans to invest more than$100m to boost the cheese and ingredients production capacity of its facility in Luxemburg,Wisconsin. The investment will also improve the technology of the ...
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UK-based dairy cooperative and processing firm First Milk has launched its sustainability report which outlines its plans to develop a sustainable supply chain. In co-operation with Oxford-based Food Animal Initiative(FAI),the program ...
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