Following a decision by Fonterra to dispose of its minority interest in a joint venture with Arla Foods amba, Arla, the majority stakeholder, has acquired the 25 per cent share that it did not already own.
Arla Foods UK has today (16 November 2009) confirmed it is to invest in building a new one billion litre liquid milk processing facility on the outskirts of London.
Arla is adding weight to its environmental credentials by slimming down its use of packaging and now boasts the lightest two pint polybottles for milk in the UK.
A difficult six months but 2009 full year forecast achievable.
Arla Foods is taking delivery of state of the art processing equipment as work on the £70 million expansion at its flagship dairy in Stourton, Leeds gains momentum.
The Arla Foods Milk Partnership board has decided to reduce the standard litre price by one pence, with effect from 1 May 2009, taking Arla’s standard litre* to 24 pence.
Arla's profits for 2008 total DKK 556 million, DKK 350 million below budget. Although the milk price (including the supplementary payment and consolidation to member’s capital account) for the cooperative milk producers in 2008 was the highest ever, amounting to DKK 2.5 billion more than in 2007, the result is not satisfactory, according to Peder Tuborgh, CEO of Arla Foods.
Arla Foods has today (January 29) announced that it is to invest more than £70 million in additional state of the art production facilities at its flagship dairy in Stourton, Leeds.
Arla Foods has agreed with the Arla Foods Milk Partnership board that it is to reduce its standard litre price by two pence, with effect from 5 January 2009, taking Arla’s standard litre* to 25 pence.
From today (7 November) Arla Foods is getting ‘Closer to Nature’ as it commits to becoming the world’s most natural dairy company. No other dairy company has taken this bold, ambitious step which demonstrates Arla Foods’ commitment to ensuring that, throughout its entire global supply chain, naturalness is at the heart of all its operations.
An ambitious and challenging global strategy has today (30 October) been announced by Arla Foods amba in which the UK will continue to play a fundamental role.
Arla Foods increases price paid to AFMP members Arla Foods UK is to pay an additional 1ppl for milk supplied by members of its dedicated supply group, Arla Foods Milk Partnership (AFMP), from 13 October 2008.
