Castello cheese is set to launch a new global promotion campaign around its cameo appearance in the new movie “Burnt” starring Bradley Cooper, which will be released in theatres worldwide in October. The appearance is part of a promotion agreement between Arla Foods and The Weinstein Company that will see Castello exposed to millions of movie-goers and food-lovers around the world.
Arlagården supports Red Tractor and introduces a further sixteen standards including use of antibiotics and medicines
Dairy industry celebrates as dairy farmer is chosen ‘cream of the crop’ for the first-time In a first for the Farmers Weekly Awards, a dairy farmer was crowned ‘Farmer of the Year’ last night in London. It is the most prestigious award of the night and is chosen from all the winners on the night.
The Aylesbury site for the farmer-owned dairy company, Arla Foods UK, was crowned winner of the Innovation Award at the 2015 Best Factory Awards (BFA) held in London.
Arla Foods UK is the winner of the Silver Cup, the top award at the 2015 Cream Awards. The Silver Cup award is the culmination of the annual dairy industry trade awards
Arla Foods amba is increasing its on-account price by 0.5 eurocents per kg, with effect from 28 September 2015. When this is applied to the UK standard litre it gives a 0.38 pence positive impact.
Arla Foods' state of the art dairy located at Aylesbury welcomed BBC Breakfast this week, to learn how the dairy cooperative is using cutting-edge production methods to maximise the output of milk for its 12,500 owners, circa 3,000 of whom are British.
Arla Foods is pleased to announce the appointment of Natalie Knight as CFO and member of Arla Foods Executive Management Group in January 2016. Ms Knight currently holds the position of Senior Vice President Finance in the adidas Group, where she is responsible for an international team of 200.
Frampton farmer owner George Holmes welcomed invited guests, including Simon Hoare, MP for North Dorset, to his farm. The event was aimed at driving a greater understanding of the day-to-day role of an Arla dairy farmer and spreading a greater knowledge of the farmer-owned principles of Arla.
In The Grocer’s annual supplement ‘The Dairymen’ published last week, our own Peter Giørtz-Carlsen, Executive Vice President of Arla Foods UK, talked about his ambitions for the dairy cooperative. Peter believes that Arla’s strong market position, particularly in liquid milk and cheese, means it is well positioned to make the jump to ‘super brand’.
Globally declining milk prices impacted Arla Foods and the entire dairy industry in the first half of 2015, creating a tough situation for Arla’s farmer-owners. Arla has managed to navigate through the hard-pressed world market relatively well by growing brand volumes and keeping a tight grip on costs.
Arla continues its expansion in Africa through two new joint-ventures in Nigeria and Senegal. Two strong local partners, Tolaram in Nigeria and Attieh Group in Senegal, will provide the distribution backbone that will help Arla grow and develop its business in West Africa.
