Arla Foods amba is holding its milk price through into May 2015. The UK standard litre has increased by 0.03ppl to 25.83ppl, following confirmation of the exchange rate used in the currency smoothing mechanism to convert the milk price for this quarter. This increase has been backdated to 1 April 2015.
Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, has been voted best in sector in The Grocer’s ‘Supplier of the Year 2015’ for both branded and own-label by buyers from the UK’s leading supermarkets as well as many other key players in the retail grocery trade. Arla was one of the highest scoring suppliers across the board and voted best-in-class.
Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, today unveiled Arla Big Milk, the UK’s first fresh milk enriched with essential nutrients to help support children’s growth and development, as part of their balanced diet and healthy lifestyle. Arla Big Milk has been developed to specifically meet the needs of children from ages one to five, made with 100 per cent British whole cows’ milk.
Arla Foods amba is raising its on-account price from 30 March by 1.5 eurocents. Sterling has continued to strengthen and April sees a new quarter’s (January to March) average exchange rate being introduced to the pricing mechanism. When the impact of the currency smoothing mechanism is taken into account, this raises the UK standard litre by 0.83 pence, taking it to 25.8 pence.
Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, is today launching Arla® Skyr into the UK market, in the next stage of the company’s expansion into the yogurt category.
Arla has now published its Annual Report 2014 as well as a new CSR report, showing how the company lived up to its social, ethical, environmental and financial responsibilities.
Arla Foods has today launched its 2014 global CSR report which is now available for download.
Arla Foods amba is holding its on-account price through into March 2015.
2014 was a year of growth for Arla Foods UK, the UK’s number one dairy company, despite challenging global conditions. At 2.8 billion euros (£2.3bn) the UK continued to be the largest market for Arla Foods amba representing 27 per cent of the group’s revenue.
Arla farmer-owners in the UK are getting behind the Anchor Cheddar campaign ‘the cheese sandwich needs you’ to tell their story as owners of the country’s largest dairy company.
Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, has been awarded the 2014 Supplier Award for Collaborative Working by food retailer Waitrose. A close working partnership with Waitrose’s internal team, improving working practices, fostering a strong innovation pipeline (leveraging ASIC), and supplying products of market-leading quality helped Arla to support Waitrose’s overall market performance.
The Arla Foods amba on-account price will remain unchanged in February 2015. There is, however, a small , positive, adjustment to the 2015 forecasted 13th payment which equates to a 0.06ppl increase, raising the UK standard litre price to 24.87 pence.
Arla Foods Ingredients is set to sell lactose ingredients through the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) online auction platform for the first time as part of its bid to become the world’s leading lactose supplier. Arla Foods Ingredients intends to start selling lactose via GDT from 15 April 2015.
Arla Foods is integrating its markets in China and South East Asia in a new regional market called Business Unit Asia. Asia is vital to Arla’s ambitions to grow and to increase earnings for its cooperative farmer-owners in Europe. As the world’s fastest growing economic region with a raw milk deficit and a total population of 2.3 billion people, Asia holds great potential for dairy export.
Arla Foods,the farmer-owned dairy company,has launched Arla® Protein into the yogurt category.Made from natural ingredients,Arla® Protein is high in protein and fat-free.Initially available in three flavours,a 200g pot provides 20g protein, 40% of the UK recommended daily reference intake.The launch is part of the cooperative’s ambitious plans to make Arla a leading dairy brand name in the UK.
The Arla on-account price will reduce by 2.5 eurocents per kg, with effect from 5 January 2015. The combined impact of the on-account price and 13th payment changes takes the quoted UK standard litre to 24.81ppl, a total decrease of 2.03ppl.
After a thorough investigation into Arab Dairy Product Company, Arla has decided not to place a final offer. Alternative options to enter the Egyptian market are now being explored.
Arla Foods UK, the largest dairy company in the country, is embarking on the next stage of its development to add value and bring innovation to the UK dairy sector as well as meet future competition in what is currently a challenging dairy market and grocery sector, ultimately for the benefit of its farmer owners.
Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, is calling on shoppers to support dairy farming by buying its well-known and leading dairy products including Anchor, Cravendale and Lurpak in a new national campaign, Support Our Farmers, which includes a series of advertisements in the national press, leaflets and a social media initiative.
Arla Foods amba is holding its milk price for November for its owners across seven countries, including the UK.