England

First Milk announces job losses

19-Sep-2017 By Jim Cornall

UK dairy company First Milk announced today that after a review, changes are being made to improve the productivity and efficiency of its Lake District and Haverfordwest creameries with the loss of around 30 jobs.

Adams Foods takes on Ornua name

31-Mar-2016 By Jim Cornall

UK-based Adams Foods and Adams Food Ingredients have changed their names to reflect their parent company, Ornua.  

Irish Dairy Board boosts UK ingredients position through acquisition

11-Jul-2012 By Mark Astley

The Irish Dairy Board (IDB) has acquired UK-based cheese ingredients firm The Cheese Warehouse - strengthening its position in the country’s ingredients sector.

Blaze wrecks Adams Foods’ cheese warehouse

21-Sep-2011 By Mike Stones

More than 100 fire crew spent last night fighting a blaze at a cheese warehouse in Somerset operated by Adams Foods.

Dairy industry supports decision to carve up FSA

21-Jul-2010 By Guy Montague-Jones

Dairy UK has given its backing to government plans to narrow the scope of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to food safety and give responsibility for nutrition policy and country of origin labelling (COOL) to government departments.

Kerrygold Company and North Downs Dairy sign merger deal

02-Jul-2010 By Guy Montague-Jones

Irish Dairy Board subsidiaries Kerrygold Company and North Downs Dairy are to merge their operations to create a £335m business called Adams Foods.

Bilingual marketing gimmick helps launch cheddar cheese

15-Oct-2004

One of the leading UK milk co-operatives, Dairy Farmers of Great
Britain, has announced it is to launch a new line of Cadog branded
Welsh cheddar cheese, supported by a line of bilingual packaging.
But will niche brand status alone...