DAIRY INDUSTRY NEWSLETTER
Dairy Industry Insider Information
The best source of insider information on the international dairy industry. The fortnightly printed newsletter (Barry Wilson’s Dairy Industry Newsletter, or DIN) has reported on the dairy industry for more than 20 years.
World News
France/South Africa: LACTALIS INVEST €739m IN SOUTH AFRICA BABYFOOD
South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare have agreed to sell their infant formula business to French dairy group Lactalis for R12.8bn (US$865m/€739m). The deal will give LactalisEuropean News
Finland/Denmark: VALIO AND ARLA IN DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
Valio of Finland and Arla Foods of Denmark have settled a long-running dispute over alleged unfair competition and dumping, with undisclosed compensation to be paidUK News
UK: FIRST MILK SALES +22% TO £253m
First Milk have today reported group turnover up 22% to £252.7m for the year to March 2018 but net profit was almost halved to £3.2m.Markets
GDT: AVERAGE GDT PRICE INDEX DOWN 1.3%
Dairy product prices fell again at today’s GDT auction, with the average index price down 1.3%—the third consecutive fall. The WMP index was down 1.8%Features of the website:
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