Archives for September 11, 2002

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Supermarkets praised for milk price hike

Dairy farmers in UK received a boost this week with the decision of several retail groups to increase milk prices. But the long term problems will remain unless the middle men - milk processors - can be persuaded to pay more for their milk.

Obesity to become Britain's top 'preventable' killer

European obesity experts, meeting to discuss the growing problem at a summit in Copenhagen, have warned that obesity will overtake smoking as Britain's top preventable killer. They have also accused the government of being too scared of the food and...

Parmalat improves in difficult first half

Shrugging off difficult economic conditions in a number of markets, Italian dairy group Parmalat has reported solid, if hardly spectacular, results for the first half of the year.

More job losses as Campina streamlines operations

The high cost of labour in the Netherlands has prompted dairy group Campina to close down one production facility and transfer production to other sites, including one in Germany where the costs are much lower.