Waitrose has launched a Farming Partnership initiative, which it says further demonstrates its commitment to UK farming. The Waitrose Farming Partnership is the new umbrella under which all the retailer's "agricultural farmer-focused ...
Tags: Farming Partnership, Farming, farmer, agricultural farmer
Wyke Farms has increased the price it pays farmers for milk by 5ppl and issued a stark warning to the rest of the industry that if they fail to follow suit the UK could be facing milk shortages this winter. Wyke, the UK's largest ...
Tags: Wyke Farms, milk, milk farmer, milk shortage
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a GBP5m (US$7.7m) funding programme aimed at helping improve dairy farmers' competitiveness. Cameron used Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (11 July) to unveil the funding, which is ...
Tags: dairy, dairy industry, funding programme, dairy processors
First Milk is the latest UK milk supplier to announce a cut to its farmgate milk price in the last week. The co-op today (4 July) blamed declining returns from customers in the liquid milk market for its decision to reduce its liquid pool ...
Tags: First Milk, milk price, UK milk supplier, pool price
Dairy Crest has booked a 16% drop in first-half adjusted profits as continued difficulties at its milk unit weighed on the bottom line. The Cathedral City cheese maker said adjusted pre-tax profit fell to GBP19.1m (US$30.5m) for the six ...
Tags: pre-tax profit, Sales drop, milk sector
UK dairy group Dairy Crest said this morning (17 July) its full-year expectations remained "unchanged" despite a "challenging" first-quarter. In its interim management statement, released ahead of today's AGM, Dairy Crest said its dairies ...
Tags: UK dairy, broad-based dairy, UK brands
Dairy Crest has launched what it claims is the first seeded spread in the UK. The firm is hoping to attract new shoppers to the brand through the launch of Clover Seedburst, appealing to more health-focused consumers, it said. The ...
The UK's largest dairy processor Dairy Crest has made a full-year net loss after incurring impairment charges at its dairies business. For the 12 months to the end of March, Dairy Crest made a pre-tax loss of GBP10.1m (US$5.8m) compared ...
Tags: Costs, Profits, dairies business
Dairy Crest has said it is "on track" to up the price it pays farmers for milk after postponing plans to cut prices amid the fierce protests this summer. The UK dairy processor, which owns brands including Cathedral City cheese and ...
Tags: Milk Price, voluntary code, legal approval
Nestlé’s confectionery factory in York, UK, has bagged a safety award for a scheme assessing plant design risks that has reduced the frequency of accidents by a third. The confectioner won the National Food and Drink ...
Tags: IOSH, National Food and Drink Health and Safety Awards, nestle, safety
Shares in Dairy Crest were higher this morning (24 September) after the UK dairy group said its expectations for annual profits had not changed despite a "challenging" first half of the year. In a trading update, Dairy Crest admitted ...
Tags: Dairy, FY profit, H1 problems
The Co-operative Group has announced a further increase to the premium it pays to farmers who are in its liquid milk pool. The news comes as a further sign UK retailers are ready to compromise on the price they pay for milk in the face of ...
Tags: Uk Retailer, Milk Price, liquid milk pool
The Co-operative Group has announced a further increase to the premium it pays to farmers who are in its liquid milk pool. The news comes as a further sign UK retailers are ready to compromise on the price they pay for milk in the face of ...
Dairy Crest has reported a"continuing difficult trading environment",particularly for its Dairies Division,for the first half of the financial year(H1).This has led analysts to call for an improvement in its performance in the second half ...
Tags: Dairy Crest, Dairies business, Dr Clive Black, Darren Shirley
The minister for employment,Mark Hoban,is meeting the food manufacturing industry's top players today(November 12)–including Mars,Cranswick and Associated British Foods(ABF)–to offer them cash incentives for employing young ...
Tags: ABF, cash incentive, youth unemployment, Mars