Müller Dairy UK and Müller-owned Robert Wiseman Dairies have promised a “substantial increase” in the price they pay to their dairy farmer suppliers for milk.
Hundreds of British milk farmers picketed outside Arla and Robert Wiseman Dairy plants last night, protesting over plans to cut the price paid to suppliers for raw milk.
Müller's £280m takeover of UK dairy processor Robert Wiseman Dairies was declared “unconditional” on Wednesday, as the German dairy operator secured 93.9% of the Scottish firm's shares.
UK dairy processing giant Robert Wiseman Dairies is set to introduce a new 'tinted' milk cap that it claims will significantly increase the quantity of recycled plastic available for use in its packaging.
Robert Wiseman has announced that full year sales and profits will beat expectations but warned that higher diesel and packaging costs may put pressure on margins in the new financial year.
Helped by a global shortage of raw milk, Robert Wiseman Dairies
beat back increased input costs to raise margins and
boost turnover by 12.2 per cent for the six months ended 29
September.
Robert Wiseman became the second UK dairy processor to announce in
line trading this week, thanks to success from its growing range of
added value milk products.
Rows over dairy price fixing allegations in Scotland took another
twist this week, after Arla Foods UK revealed it would sue rival
Robert Wiseman to recoup lost revenue.
Soaring input costs threaten to drag down recovering profit margins
for UK dairy firm Robert Wiseman, highlighting ongoing pressure on
sector earnings.
Britain's competition watchdog has cleared dairy firm Robert
Wiseman to take over the liquid milk business of rival group Milk
Link, as the industry continues to consolidate.
Dairy processor Robert Wiseman has continued on the acquisition
trail by agreeing to buy Milk Link's milk business, suggesting
consolidation is picking up pace on the Uk dairy industry.
An increase in selling prices helped dairy processor Robert Wiseman
to begin clawing back lost profits, as the group looks to continue
the momentum with more new products and facilities.
First Milk, one of the UK's largest farmer-owned dairy
co-operatives, has been given permission from the Office of Fair
Trading to buy a stake in Robert Wiseman Dairies - another positive
step for UK farmers, giving them more...
Robert Wiseman, the Scottish milk processor, is confident of
reaching its growth targets in the first half of 2004, despite
rising costs for fuel, energy and plastics. But while the recent
increase in volumes following new contracts...
Robert Wiseman has designed a 1 per cent fat milk drink which the
company claims does doesn't compromising the taste of conventional
milk. The development of the drink i again another sign that
innovation and health-foods are...
Robert Wiseman Dairies is once again the subject of an Office of
Fair Trading investigation in Scotland, the third in recent times.
But the current probe could have more to do with rival Express
Dairies and its proposed merger with...
Dairy processor Robert Wiseman has posted an 11 per cent increase
in sales volumes for 2002, helped by investment in its dairy
facilities and important new supply contracts with the major
multiples.
UK milk processor Robert Wiseman Dairies has reported a decline in
pre-tax profit after losses and costs associated with
reorganisation and an inquiry by Britain's Office of Fair Trading.
