17-Mar-2010 - FrieslandCampina is seeking to become less dependent on milk powder, casein, and basic cheese after these categories contributed to a double-digit drop in revenue for 2009.
12-Mar-2010 - Analysts and industry commentators have described the mooted sale of the Irish business of Glanbia Plc to Glanbia Co-op as a ‘win-win’ deal for both parties.
10-Mar-2010 - Spanish food giant Ebro Puleva is set to depart the dairy category where its Puleva Omega-3 milk has been a pioneering product, following an agreement to sell off its dairy business worth €630m to Lactalis, Europe's largest dairy group.
10-Mar-2010 - Glanbia is in talks about selling off its Dairy Ireland operations and other businesses to its majority shareholder Glanbia Co-operative Society Ltd.
09-Mar-2010 - Tetra Pak said stronger sales in the final quarter of 2009 and emerging markets offset declining demand in Eastern Europe and Central Asia as it posted an increase in net sales of 1.2 per cent for the year to almost €9bn.
09-Mar-2010 - Dutch chemical company, DSM has sold its LAFTI range of probiotic strains targeted at immunity enhancement to the Institut Rosell-Lallemand but is to retain the dairy segment.
04-Mar-2010 - In what Arla Foods called a “turbulent and challenging year”, the company has reported a 6.5 per cent decline in revenue for 2009.
03-Mar-2010 - Germany’s Symrise has reported a year of above-market growth, buoyed by especially good sales in South America and acquisitions in the US.
01-Mar-2010 - Never before has the dangling of golden carrots in the boardroom been so closely scrutinised. DSM and others’ decisions to ensure those carrots have green shoots of sustainability attached to them is a wise and forward thinking move.
26-Feb-2010 - Bemis will have to sell Alcan cheese and meat packaging assets to secure its $1.2bn takeover of Alcan Packaging Food Americas.
12-Feb-2010 - US dairy giant Dean Foods has blamed increased competitive pressure and commodity inflation for disappointing fourth quarter results.
11-Feb-2010 - Price cuts have helped Danone recover from a dip in dairy sales at the start of the year to report a healthy increase in fourth quarter sales.
05-Feb-2010 - Marel has announced that it is to sell subsidiary Stork Food and Dairy Systems to Dutch investor Nimbus as part of a strategy to focus on its core processing segments.
03-Feb-2010 - Dairy Crest has earmarked £75m over three years in its latest trading update for spending on new equipment at its liquid milk dairies.
27-Jan-2010 - Dairy Crest says its proposed sale of shares in Wexford Creamery reflects a growing trend for farmers to own more of the milk processing supply chain.
25-Jan-2010 - Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated, quipped Mark Twain. Predictions of the demise of Cadbury following the approval of Kraft’s offer are premature and are flawed by knee-jerk anti-Americanism.
22-Jan-2010 - The European Commission has approved 13 programmes to promote dairy products in the EU with a total budget of €35.8m.
14-Jan-2010 - Arla is upping its marketing spend by 30 per cent in 2010, and plans to invest almost a billion DKK in more capacity increases and structural changes.
13-Jan-2010 - The Irish Dairy Industries Association (IDIA) has attacked a new carbon tax in Ireland saying that the measure will put jobs at risk.
06-Jan-2010 - The recession has not dented the will of consumers to pay price premiums for products that deliver digestive, bone and other benefits, according to European consumer research conducted by global inulin and oligofructose leader, Beneo-Orafti.
06-Jan-2010 - International cheese and nutritional ingredients company Glanbia has said it expects a return to earnings growth in 2010 of 6 to 8 per cent.
22-Dec-2009 - PET packaging firm La Seda de Barcelona has announced an agreement to supply Grupo Leche Pascual with 5,000m preforms from next January.
17-Dec-2009 - DHA specialist Martek Biosciences Corporation fourth quarter results slipped three percent to $87.6 million from $90.4 in the corresponding 2008 quarter, but the company said net income rose 24 percent for the period.
17-Dec-2009 - Danisco has reported a drop in quarterly revenues but culture sales grew strongly thanks largely to continued conversion from bulk starter to Direct Vat Inoculation (DVI).
16-Dec-2009 - Danone has bought out its African joint venture Danone Clover for just under €100m to focus on growth opportunities in the region.