A2 Corporation (A2C), a New Zealand-based milk company, is seeking to accelerate investment in its UK operations to take advantage of demand for a2 branded milk products in Europe. The company has inked a deal with Müller Wiseman ...
Tags: UK Operations, A2C
Theo Müller, a Germany-based dairy products manufacturer, has acquired Nom Dairy UK to further strengthen its presence in the yogurt market. Established in 2006, Nom Dairy is the UK subsidiary of Austrian company Nom and operates a ...
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Müller Dairy has acquired Nom Dairy, with its modern yogurt production facility in Telford, Shropshire in a bid to build its presence in the UK own-label yogurt market. Müller Dairy has acquired Nom Dairy for an undisclosed sum ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Analysts at Experian believe that overseas investment will maintain the momentum of mergers and acquisitions in the UK food sector. Last year saw the highest volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK food and drink sector since ...
Tags: UK, food sector, overseas investment, mergers and acquisitions
Chilled foods manufacturer Greencore has completed the sale of its Minsterley desserts business to Muller Dairy. The sale , for pound 4.3M plus stock, was announced on June 15 2012. Minsterley's former owner Uniq – acquired by ...
Tags: Chilled foods, Greencore, Minsterley desserts, Muller Dairy
There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
Tags: European M&A advisors, food sector, Food
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 ...
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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
The National Farmers Union (NFU) has blasted UK milk supplier Robert Wiseman Dairies for hitting farmers with a "catastrophic" cut in milk prices. Muller Group-owned Wiseman last week announced a 1.7ppl reduction to the price it pays ...
Tags: NFU, Robert Wiseman, milk price cut
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
Morrisons is to increase what it pays to milk farmers, becoming the latest UK retailer to up its payment amid anger from suppliers. The UK's fourth-largest retailer said it would increase the premium it pays for milk and make an extra ...
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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 ...
UK milk supplier Robert Wiseman Dairies has insisted it will look to bring more transparency to how it determines the price it pays farmers after a tense summer in the sector. The company has launched plans to work with representatives ...
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Robert Wiseman Dairies has become the latest UK dairy processor to announce an increase in the price it pays farmers for milk. Wiseman, owned by German yoghurt giant Muller, is to up the price it pays by 2.57p to 29p per litre on 15 ...
Tags: Robert Wiseman Dairies, UK dairy processing, milk, food industry