cheese
Fonterra buys Dairy Country cheese business in Australia
New Zealand dairy major Fonterra is to buy Australia-based Retail Food Group’s (RFG) Dairy Country cheese business for AU$19.2m (€11.7m).
UK dairy start-up achieves outstanding growth
Millbrook Dairy Company has achieved exponential growth in its first year of trading after securing significant contracts in the UK and overseas, as well as launching new product ranges.
Mondi partners with SalzburgMilch and SPAR to reduce plastic waste from food packaging
Leading packaging and paper manufacturer, Mondi, is launching a fully recyclable 80% paper-based packaging solution for cold meats and cheese.
Lactalis to buy Kraft Heinz cheeses in US
French dairy giant Lactalis plans to buy several of Kraft Heinz’s US cheese businesses for $3.2 billion.
Global cheese markets hit record highs
In 2019, the global cheese market increased by 2.3%, rising for the third year in a row after two years of decline, according to a new report from IndexBox.
German export volumes up so far
In the first half of 2020, German export volumes of dairy products such as cheese were in some cases significantly better than the previous year’s result.
Emmi sees improved sales for 2020 but warns of future
Emmi increased sales in the first six months of the financial year, which was affected by the corona crisis, by 6.6% to CHF1.7bn (€1.5bn).
Hemberger joins Alpenhain
Stephan Hemberger has taken up the newly created position of sales manager LEH/discount/foodservice at Alpenhain Käsespezialitäten in Germany.
AHDB looks at UK dairy exports outlook
Global exports in dairy products are forecast to fall by 4.1% in 2020, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). This would be the steepest contraction in around 30 years if realised, notes Katherine Jack, an industry analyst with the UK’s AHDB.
EU milk production strong so far in 2020
Milk output in the European Union has been surprisingly strong with production through April 2020 running 2% ahead of 2019, according to a global market analysis from the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture.
Austria sees uptick in organic
In 2019, Austrian dairies were supplied with 584,974 tons of organic milk, according to Agrarmarkt Austria (AMA).
US dairy exports reach record high
The US Dairy Export Council reports that in May, US dairy export volume was the most it has been in more than two years.
Improved sales for organic BMI in Germany
German dairy Bayerische Milchindustrie has (BMI) reported an increase in sales of 9.2%, or €55 million, to €653 million in 2019.
EU-Vietnam trade deal ratified
Vietnam has ratified the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service reports.