Dairy Crest looks to cut costs

Dairy Crest performed in line with its expectations over the first six months of the year, and the group’s portfolio of brands continued to make strong progress, according to a pre-close trading update for the period ending 30 September 2008.

Of the key brands, Clover, Utterly Butterly, Country Life and Cathedral City all achieved double-digit sales growth by volume and value, while St Hubert Omega 3, Petits Filous, Frubes and Frijj achieved double-digit sales growth by value.

However, the update went on: