Arla Foods amba maintains milk price
Arla Foods amba is maintaining its on-account milk price at 21.81 pence per litre, through March 2016, for its 12,600 owners, including around 2,700 from the UK.
Arla Foods amba is maintaining its on-account milk price at 21.81 pence per litre, through March 2016, for its 12,600 owners, including around 2,700 from the UK.
Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, has today released its Group 2015 results, outlining a robust performance across its organisation. Arla’s largest business group, the UK market, played a significant role in delivering a strong year of improved performance.
Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, has today confirmed that it has entered a new three-year contract with ASDA for the supply of its own brand milk and cream. The new agreement allows ASDA to source over 1.5 billion litres of British milk from the dairy cooperative.
Arla, the UK’s largest dairy company, has unveiled a colourful new TV ad as part of a £7m campaign to launch Arla Best of Both (BOB): the UK’s first fat-free skimmed milk that tastes as good as semi-skimmed. BOB is packaged with a distinctive yellow top that sets it apart from the traditionally blue, green and red-topped milk aisle.
Arla is today announcing the structural changes to its organisation that will enable the business to deliver its Good Growth Strategy 2020 ambitions. The changes will see the formation of a new global Executive Management Team as well as the creation of a more efficient and globally-focused structure, which will allow the markets to strengthen their commercial and consumer focus.
From Morrison’s “Milk for Farmers” to our very own “Farmer-owned marque”, 2015 was a year which saw the launch of great initiatives aimed at getting the British public to support dairy farmers. There is no denying that times have been tough for the industry recently, and although the initiatives at home have proved a great success, there is still a lot of work to be done.
Arla Foods UK can confirm that Tesco has made the decision to award a significant volume of Arla’s fresh liquid milk business to Muller Milk and Ingredients. However, the farmer-owned dairy business has retained significant volumes in a long-term agreement. Tesco has confirmed that it will continue its long-standing relationship with Arla.
Arla Lactofree®, the UK’s pioneering lactose-free* dairy brand, is today launching its new television ad as part of its campaign to champion a dairy revolution.
In the largest consumer survey of its kind, Arla® skyr triumphs as Product of Year in the Yogurt category. With more than 11,500 consumers responding to the survey across 42 FMCG categories, Product of the Year is the world’s largest consumer-voted annual award for product innovation.
Arla Foods amba is today communicating to members that it is reducing its on-account price by one eurocent per kilo, with effect from 1 February. When this reduction is applied to the UK standard litre it equates to a downward movement of 0.75 pence.
Westbury Dairies Limited, the joint venture between Arla and First Milk, has today confirmed that full ownership of Westbury Dairies Limited has transferred to Arla. The joint venture company, located at Westbury, Wiltshire, operates the country’s most modern skimmed milk powder and bulk butter production facility.
Arla has launched a new branded milk product: Arla ‘Best of Both’ (Arla BOB); fat-free milk that tastes as good as semi-skimmed, with a distinctive yellow top. The farmer-owned dairy cooperative has spent three years developing the technology to produce Arla BOB.
Arla Foods is a global dairy company and co-operative owned by 10,300 dairy farmers with around circa 2,500 of whom are British.
Dating back to 1881, Arla’s purpose is to secure the highest value for its farmers’ milk, while creating opportunities for their growth. With production facilities in 11 countries and sales offices in a further 30, Arla is the world’s fifth largest dairy company and largest supplier of organic dairy products. Arla has a total of more than 18,000 colleagues and its products are sold under the well-known brands Arla®, Lurpak® and Castello® in more than 100 countries.
Arla Foods UK is the largest dairy company in the country and is home to leading dairy brands Anchor®, Cravendale, and Lactofree® with a turnover of €2.2 billion. As well as being a leading supplier of fresh milk, number one in butter, spreads and cream, Arla is the UK’s largest cheese manufacturer. It has also built the world’s largest fresh milk facility located at Aylesbury and has plans for it to be the first zero carbon site of its kind. The UK business has a team of approximately 3,500 colleagues located at its dairies, distribution centres and head office.
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