Dairy Crest gets fit to fight off Europe

In a bid to make itself more competitive on a Europe-wide basis, leading UK processor Dairy Crest is to form a strategic alliance in the south of England with milk marketing co-operative Milk Link.
Initially the plan is to manage raw milk collection jointly for the Chard creamery in Somerset, thereby reducing overall costs. The objective is then to extend this arrangement to other Dairy Crest processing sites in the region where it is mutually beneficial to both parties to do so.