Arla Foods Ingredients to join GDT auction with lactose offering
Arla Foods Ingredients (AFI) has joined the GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) online auction platform as a seller, in a bid to become the world's leading supplier of lactose.
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Prime Minister David Cameron backs UK milk price protection calls
British Prime Minister David Cameron has backed calls to grant the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) more power to protect dairy farmers from retailers.
Private label penetration rates have not budged since 2011
CPG industry sales trends are ‘stagnant’, with dollar sales growth being largely driven by price increases, says IRI
Dollar sales of foods and beverages edged up a modest 2.1% to $470bn in the US retail market in 2014, but unit sales (an indication of volumes) were pretty flat (up just 0.9%), according to Chicago-based market research firm IRI.