News & Analysis on the Dairy Industry & Markets
One of dairy’s largest deals in years is expected to close in calendar 2025. Rabobank tells us how this and other potential major divestments and acquisitions could impact the bank’s Global Dairy Top 20.
We round up some of September's latest retail launches across the UK and North America...
In a hotly-anticipated ‘elephant deal’, Häagen-Dazs owner General Mills has agreed to sell its US and Canada yogurt businesses, including brands Yoplait and Liberté.
Lactalis, the global dairy giant, has inaugurated the “largest solar thermal power plant in France” allowing it to cut CO2 emissions by 2,000 tons per year.
One of the country's largest dairy processors has been penalized for various breaches of the industry code, including for featuring a mix of no-fault termination clauses in milk supply agreements.
The French dairy group was under investigation over a five-year-old case when babies were diagnosed with salmonellosis after consuming Lactalis products.
The French dairy company has agreed to buy Dairy Partners Americas in a deal expected to be finalized during 2023.
One of Australia’s largest dairy processors is facing penalties after it failed to publish its milk supply agreements to deadline.
The company will completely cease fluid milk production and packaging activities at the plant by the end of September.
French dairy major Lactalis Group has acquired a 25% stake in Italian cheese specialist Ambrosi S.p.A.
US dairy business Stonyfield Organic wants to support the next generation of organic family farmers through a new initiative, ‘Save Gen F’. DairyReporter caught up with Jason Johnson, Farmer Relationship Manager, to learn more about this effort.
Cority, a global enterprise environmental, health, and safety (EHS) software provider has partnered with the Lactalis Group, aimed at providing a simplified, integrated solution for managing the dairy group’s global health, safety, and sustainability...
Canadian dairy company Lactalis Canada, which owns brands like Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond, Balderson, Astro and Lactantia and a subsidiary of France-based Lactalis Group, is unveiling Lactalis Canada NEXT Ventures – an innovation program designed to...
Dairy giant Lactalis has entered the post workout recovery category with the US introduction of UP2U RECOVER protein drinks and UP2U RECOVER unflavored protein powder.
Dairy manufacturer Lactalis UK & Ireland has shared what it says are the key trends cheese manufacturers and retailers need to consider to win big in cheese in 2022.
Lactalis has inaugurated its new €45m ($50.9m) whey-drying tower at its Verdun factory in northeast France.
The emissions of Europe’s 20 biggest meat and dairy corporations — including Danish Crown, Nestlé, Danone, Tönnies, FrieslandCampina and Coren — outstrip countries such as the Netherlands and Denmark, yet only three companies have committed to reduce...
Lactalis Canada Inc., a subsidiary of France-based Lactalis Group, is adding Kraft Heinz's Grated cheese business to its growing portfolio as part of the Group's US affiliate, after completing the acquisition of Kraft Heinz's Natural, Grated, Cultured...
Global dairy company The Lactalis Group has acquired the European cheese brand Leerdammer, in an operation that includes Royal Bel Leerdammer The Netherlands, Bel Shostka Ukraine, the commercialization of Bel products in Italy, Germany and Ukraine and...
The Emmi Group has acquired Athenos, the leader in the US feta market.
Rabobank has published its eagerly-awaited annual Global Dairy Top 20 report for 2021.
Orkney Cheese Company Limited, located on the main island of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, is investing in a £925,000 ($1.27m) refurbishment project.
The Brand Finance Food & Drink 2021 report is out, and in dairy, Yili recorded 11% brand value growth, widening the gap to second-placed Danone.
Dairy service information provider NMR and UK dairy company First Milk say they will work closely together in the provision and use of relevant data to improve dairy chain efficiency, as part of the recently-announced funding for the Digital Dairy Chain...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted Federal Court proceedings against Lactalis Australia Pty Ltd (Lactalis) for alleged breaches of the Dairy Code of Conduct, the first time the ACCC has commenced proceedings for...
Chemical company Ineos O&P Europe is making an investment to develop a portfolio of circular solutions for the packaging industry.
Lactalis Ingredients is expanding its milk powder range with a new organic whole milk powder.
This week, we have three interviews on the podcast. We have conversations with Shannon Coco, strategic marketing director, food at Kerry North America, and Logan Cisewski, RD&A senior scientist at Kerry; Tim Duret, director of sustainable technology at...
Lactalis UK & Ireland is expanding its Galbani range with the UK’s first mozzarella in a recyclable carton.
Bel Group and Lactalis Group said they have begun exclusive negotiations, with Bel Group set to sell Royal Bel Leerdammer NL, Bel Italia, Bel Deutschland, the Leerdammer brand and all related rights plus Bel Shostka Ukraine, to the French dairy giant.
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Groupe Lactalis has announced that last week there was a cyberattack on part of its IT network.
Lactalis Canada Inc., formerly Parmalat Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Lactalis Group, has closed the acquisition of all shares of Agropur Cooperative's Canadian yogurt business, Ultima Foods Inc.
Lactalis Ingredients has expanded its range with a micellar casein isolate.
Lactalis Canada Inc., formerly Parmalat Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Lactalis Group, has reached an agreement with Agropur Cooperative to acquire all shares of its Canadian yogurt business, Ultima Foods Inc.
Lactalis’ French milk brand Lactel, has launched its UHT toned milk 1 liter packet into India.
Lactalis Ingredients now offers a range of instant whey protein produced with sunflower lecithin.
A new report from UK independent consumer group Which? says two-thirds of branded grocery packaging is not fully recyclable – and several well-known cheese brands came in for criticism.
French-headquartered Lactalis Group has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition by its US affiliate of Kraft Heinz’s natural, grated, cultured and specialty cheese businesses in the US, grated cheese business in Canada, and entire...
The food & drink sector is one of the few sectors that should suffer limited impact as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the world’s top food & drink brands unlikely to lose brand value, according to the latest Brand Finance Food & Drink 2020 report.
Rabobank has published its report on the global top 20 dairy companies.
Lactalis Ingredients, the world's leading producer of whey, has commissioned a fourth drying tower at its Verdun site in France, which will be inaugurated in the summer of 2020.
A digital dairy project led by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has been awarded £50,000 ($65,500) in funding by UK Research and Innovation.
The dairy industry has been quick to respond to a new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Milking the Planet: How Big Dairy is heating up the planet and hollowing rural communities.
The Lactalis Group, the largest manufacturer of dairy products worldwide, has completed the certification of 900 livestock farmers in Spain.
Tetra Laval Group, Lactalis Nestlé and Danone make contributions
To support the global response to the coronavirus crisis, the Tetra Laval Group is donating €10m ($10.9m) to various voluntary organizations supporting the health care systems across the countries the company operates in.
Zenith Global has published its database of food and drink company mergers and acquisitions in 2019, and the data show the previous record high of 777 in 2018 was broken again, with 789, an average of 15 each week.
The Lactalis Iberia Group has signed an agreement with Engie Spain to supply renewable energy to its factories, warehouses and offices in Spain.
The Lactalis Group, the world's largest manufacturer of dairy products, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first certification to produce organic milk in Spain.
Nestlé, Lactalis and Danone continue leading the global dairy industry, but could see some shakeups in the future, according to a new analysis from Rabobank.
The latest Brand Finance Food & Drink 2019 report shows that, again, Switzerland’s Nestlé tops the food ranking, although its brand value increased by just 1% year on year to $19.6bn.