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Arla Foods UK plc (LSE: ARU) is a major British dairy products company. Based in Leeds, it is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... Dairy products are generally defined as foodstuffs produced from milk. ... For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation). ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ...


The company was created by the 2003 merger between the British group Express Dairies and the British subsidiary of Arla Foods, a Scandinavian milk production co-operative. As of November 2005 it was still 51% owned by Arla Foods amba. It operates door to door milk deliveries and supplies milk to retailers. It produces Lurpak brand butter, and sells on Anchor branded butter on behalf of New Zealand Milk. Other products include fromage frais, yoghurts and the blue cheeses Rosenborg and Danish Blue. It also produces fruit juice. Arla Foods, based in Denmark, is the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia. ... For other uses, see Scandinavia (disambiguation). ... A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) comprises a legal entity owned and democratically controlled by its members, with no passive shareholders. ... Rosenborg can refer to: Rosenborg B.K., a Norwegian football club. ... Danish Blue cheese Danish Blue cheese, also known as Danablu if it is made in Denmark, is a light, blue-veined cheese. ...


In the 18 months ended 30 September Arla Foods UK had a turnover of £1,677.0 million.


Arla Foods UK plc (LSE: ARU) is a major British dairy products company, owned by the Swedish dairy products company Arla Foods Ab. Based in Leeds, it is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The company was created by the 2003 purchase of the British group Express Dairies by the Arla Foods Swedish milk production co-operative. As of November 2005 it was still 51% owned by Arla Foods amba. It operates door to door milk deliveries and supplies milk to retailers. It produces Lurpak brand butter, and sells on Anchor branded butter on behalf of New Zealand Milk. Other products include fromage frais, yoghurts and the blue cheeses Rosenborg and Danish Blue. It also produces fruit juice. In the 18 months ended 30 September Arla Foods UK had a turnover of £1,677.0 million.


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Arla UK is the fourth largest liquid milk supplier in the country, and the sole British distributor of both Arla’s Lurpak brand and Anchor, which is owned by Antipodean dairy group Fonterra and distributed by Arla through its AFF joint venture.
Arla Foods’ strategy is based on this approach and entails plans for growth, underpinned by continuous large investments in the group's marketing and manufacturing platform.
Arla Foods recently expanded its cheese operations in the UK with the acquisition of the speciality cheese group HT Webb.
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The UK milk sector is an incredibly tough environment in which to operate for small-scale suppliers, with the industry dominated by a few big players.
Arla Foods UK's recent merger with Express Dairies, for example, created the country's largest dairy company, processing around 2.4 billion litres of milk a year.
Arla's milk pool is reported to be one of the largest in Britain, with farmers stretching from south west of England to the north east of Scotland, and ASDA has emphasised the importance of Arla providing a more direct line from cow to consumers.
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