Meadow Foods increases New Year milk price

Meadow Foods has announced that it will be increasing its milk price by 3ppl from 1 January 2022. The announcement means that all producers will see their standard litre milk price rise to 33ppl, an equivalent manufacturing litre will be 33.625 pence per litre.  All changes will apply to the flat rate element on the price schedule.

Mark Chantler, chief executive of Meadow Foods, comments: “We are aware of the inflationary costs our farmers are facing and continue to work closely with our customers to reflect these inflationary pressures. We will continue to closely monitor the markets and will return any price increases to our farmer suppliers as soon as possible.”

Meadow Foods is a leading supplier of value-added ingredients to the food industry. The employs more than 400 people across four BRC AA accredited sites in Chester, Peterborough, Holme-on-Spalding Moor and Dolgellau where they process more than 550 million litres of milk each year in the manufacture of value-added dairy ingredients. The business operates seven days a week providing ingredients for some of the world’s best known food manufacturers and food service operators.