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.
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.
Following a period of milk price reductions, the Arla Foods amba on-account price will remain unchanged for September 2015 for its 13,500 owners, including 3,000 from the UK.
Arla Foods UK has today confirmed that Asda’s increased price that it pays for milk, which came into effect this morning, will be shared directly with its farmer owners including 3,000 in the UK. The retailer’s commitment to carry Arla’s new farmer-owned marque from the autumn on all of its own label fresh liquid milk along with new British cheddar labelling is also welcomed by Arla.
This week will see Arla’s new farmer-owned marque appear on the first of its milk tankers, part of the fleet which collects well over 3billion litres of milk per year from Arla's 3,000 British farmer owners.
Farmer-owned dairy company takes its cooperative principles direct to consumers. Arla Foods UK is today announcing a major new initiative to support its farmer owners as it unveils a new farmer-owned marque that will appear on its Arla branded products from the autumn.
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik from Denmark opens the new Arla office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today. It will be the main office for all of the company’s activities in Asia and a regional leader will set the strategy for all activities within retail and foodservice in Asia.
The opening takes place today and representatives from Malaysian Ministries and European embassies will be pres
The Arla Foods amba on-account price will reduce by one eurocent per kg (0.8 pence when applied to the UK standard litre), with effect from 3 August 2015, taking the standard litre price to 23.01 pence.
Arla Foods amba on-account price will reduce by one eurocent per kg (0.77 pence when applied to the UK standard litre), with effect from 6 July 2015.
Arla farmer owner Emily Spicer, with a family-run dairy farm in Dorset, explained why she believes dairy farming has a strong future on BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today. The programme, which focused on the challenges and opportunities facing dairy farmers, interviewed Emily about life as a dairy farmer and the future of the industry.
Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, has created a new guide, developed to help provide a better understanding of the benefits of dairy, and milk in particular.
Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, is unveiling the latest phase of its multi-million pound campaign that has seen it start to build value in its healthier product portfolio to households across the UK. This phase will focus on driving further awareness of its farmer-owned status by a nationwide marketing campaign centring on a new TV advertisement.
The UK’s number one dairy company, Arla Foods, is supporting its farmer owners by encouraging consumers, as well as colleagues from across the company, to take part in Open Farm Sunday. On 7 June, more than 40 Arla farmer owners across the UK will be opening their farms for consumers to bring to life the passion and dedication that is involved in dairy farming.
After increasing its milk price by 1.5 eurocent per kg in April and maintaining the price into May, the Arla Foods amba on account price will reduce by one eurocent per kg with effect from 25 May 2015. When applied to the UK standard litre, the impact will be a reduction of 0.84 pence taking it to 24.99 pence.
Arla Foods and the Egypt-based dairy company Juhayna have agreed to form a joint venture which will sell Arla’s products across Egypt. Juhayna Food Industries is Egypt’s leading manufacturer of UHT-milk, yoghurt and juice. However, the company has a very limited production of butter, cheese and cream, which Arla has specialised in across the Middle East and Africa.
Filtered milk brand, Cravendale from farmer-owned dairy company, Arla Foods has returned to our TV screens with the launch of its new ‘Milk Drinker’s Milk’ campaign. In a bid to showcase its premium qualities and help add value to the milk category, the TV ad is part of a £6m integrated campaign which is designed to showcase Cravendale’s supreme freshness where it matters most...as a drink.
As the election campaign peaks, new research commissioned by Arla Foods UK as part of a campaign to promote the value of buying British for the UK dairy sector, finds that the British parliamentary candidates are reaching for the nostalgic cheddar cheese sandwich to keep hunger at bay with 77 per cent having tucked into one in the last month.
UK’s leading dairy company features in new BBC Two show. Arla Foods, its farmer owners and employees, are featuring in a new series airing on BBC Two next week, which takes an unprecedented look behind the scenes at how some of the UK’s favourite foods are produced.
Arla farmer-owners in the UK taking part in Arla Foods’ sustainable dairy farming initiative, Growing Together, will be able to register all their development activity through the Dairy Pro Continuous Professional Development (CDP) Scheme, in a first-of-its-kind partnership.
