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Dairy Crest Is Consulting Staff on Plans to Break up Its Milk Delivery Business

Jul 3, 2013

Dairy Crest is consulting staff on plans to break up its milk delivery business in the north west of England and sell it off for £1.15M to Creamline Dairies. Dairy Crest said the sale would help reduce its exposure to the less ...

Tags: Dairy, Milk, Agriculture, Food

Dairy Crest Has Bought Specialist Milk Business Proper Welsh Milk out of Administration

Mar 13, 2013

Dairy Crest has bought specialist milk business Proper Welsh Milk out of administration, saving 40 jobs. Proper acquisition: Dairy Crest has bought specialist milk business Proper Welsh Milk, saving 40 jobs The business and assets ...

Tags: Dairy Crest, Milk Firm, Jobs

Winning Sainsbury's Liquid Milk Contract Put Dairy Crest on Track to Reach Its Target

Feb 21, 2013

Winning Sainsbury’s liquid milk contract has put Dairy Crest on track to reach its dairies division target of 3% operating profit margin, according to City analyst Panmure Gordon. Dairy Crest is on track to deliver 2.8% operating ...

Tags: liquid milk contract, Dairy Crest, dairies

Dairy Crest Has Announced It Is Reorganising Its Business

Feb 20, 2013

UK firm Dairy Crest has announced it is reorganising its business to focus on "consumer-driven growth" and to build an "integrated" supply chain. The move reflects the increasingly "more focused" and "less complex" nature of Dairy Crest's ...

Tags: Dairy Crest, consumer-driven growth, supply chain

A Three-Year Contract to Supply Liquid Milk to Sainsbury Has Been Won by Dairy Crest

Feb 20, 2013

A three-year contract to supply liquid milk to Sainsbury has been won by Dairy Crest after a competitive tender. Dairy Crest has retained its contract, which will run into 2017, to supply the retail giant. The firm said that while the ...

Tags: liquid milk, Sainsbury, Dairy Crest

Dairy Crest's Fenstanton Plant Are Expected to Close The Site with The Loss of 248 Jobs

Jan 14, 2013

Production staff at Dairy Crest's Fenstanton plant in Cambridgeshire are expected to clock off for the last time today (Friday, January 11), in line with its plans announced last April to close the site with the loss of 248 jobs. Dairy ...

Tags: Dairy Crest, Cambridgeshire, clock off, milk processing

Dairy Crest Has Booked a 16% Drop in First-Half Adjusted Profits

Dec 11, 2012

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

Crest Said Its Full-Year Expectations Remained "Unchanged" Despite a "Challenging" Q1

Dec 11, 2012

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 Made a Full-Year Net Loss After Incurring Impairment Charges

Dec 11, 2012

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 Admitted H1 Profits, After Adjusting for The Sale of Its French Spreads Unit

Dec 10, 2012

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

Dairy Crest Has Reported a "Continuing Difficult Trading Environment"

Dec 4, 2012

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

Dairy Crest Is The Latest Firm to Announce a Cut to Its Farmgate Milk Price

Jul 3, 2012

UK dairy processor Dairy Crest is the latest firm to announce a cut to its farmgate milk price. The company announced a 1.65ppl cut this morning(3 July)for those on a standard liquid agreement.The cut will take effect from 1 August. ...

Tags: milk, price, Crest, dairy

A Raft of First-Quarter Results Stories This Week From The Likes of Danone and Nestle

Apr 24, 2012

A raft of first-quarter results stories this week from the likes of Danone and Nestle, and full-year results from Tesco have kept analysts busy. In addition to Tesco's sales figures, the group's CEO Philip Clarke revealed further details of ...

Tags: Danone, Nestle, nutrition business, food, salmonella

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