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Dairy Crest Group plc is a major dairy products company in the United Kingdom. Its brands include Cathedral City cheese (which is made in Davidstow, a place in Cornwall which is not a City and does not have a Cathedral), Utterly Butterly, Vitalite, Clover, St Ivel and FRijj. They also deliver milk to around 1.1 million households via their milkmen. Image File history File links Dairy_crest_logo. ...
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Dairy Crest Group plc is a major dairy products company in the United Kingdom. ...
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Davidstow is a town in north-east Cornwall, United Kingdom. ...
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Vitalite is a sunflower oil-based margarine, made by Dairy Crest. ...
Clover is a popular brand of dairy spread in the United Kingdom, produced by the Dairy Crest group. ...
Frijj is a brand of milkshake sold mainly in the United Kingdom. ...
Milkman is a man who delivers milk early in the morning. ...
Since 1981, Dairy Crest was originally the brand name of the government body or quango known as the Milk Marketing Board and was privatised in August 1996. In July 2000, it acquired the dairy and cheese products division of Unigate (based near the BBC in London). In November 2002, it acquired the St Ivel spreads company (based in Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire). In September 2004, they acquired the Country Life butter brand from English Butter Marketing Company. In July 2006, it acquired Express Dairies from Arla Foods for £33m. In October 2006, it sold the majority of its own label cheese business to First Milk, its Scottish equivalent, along with the creameries and factory that produce most of the products concerned. The acronyms Qango and Quango, variously spelt out as QUAsi Non Governmental Organisation, Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation, and Quasi-Autonomous National Government Organisation have been used, notably in the United Kingdom, but also in Australia, Ireland and other countries, to describe a range of organisations to which governments have...
Dairy Crest Group plc is a major dairy products company in the United Kingdom. ...
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St Ivel is a brand of dairy products in the UK. It began as a subsidiary under the ownership of the Unigate dairy company with most production sites in the south west of England and some in Wales. ...
Wootton Bassett is a small market town located west of Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire. ...
Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...
Express Dairies is a subidary of Dairy Crest that specialises almost only on home delivery. ...
Arla Foods is a cooperative based in Ã…rhus Denmark and the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia. ...
Since 1991, Dairy Crest has had a joint venture with French dairy company Yoplait called Yoplait Dairy Crest (often abbreviated to YDC) which is 51% owned by Yoplait and 49% by Dairy Crest. The company distributes Yoplait brand products in the UK. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
In January 2007 Dairy Crest finalised the acquisition of St Hubert, whose brands Cholegram, Le Fleurier and Omega 3 are among the top selling spreads in France; and Vallé, the market leader in Italy.
Liquid Milk Dairy Crest is a major supplier of own label milk to UK supermarkets. Current contracts include Sainsbury's.
Dairy Crest is the largest UK 'middle ground' distributor of milk and dairy products, servicing wholesalers, foodservice and Bottle Milk Buyers (known within the industry as BMBs.
Dairy Crest is also the largest doorstep milk operator (i.e. the traditional UK milkman) in the UK. Despite the 'doorstep' industry suffering a gradual decline since the early 1980's, this is still a profitable part of the industry.
Dairy Crest (along with Unigate and Express Dairies) pursued an aggressive policy of franchising milk rounds in the early 1990's, however by the early noughties many rounds had reverted to being managed.
Cheese It produces several brands of cheese. The most popular one is Cathedral City, a brand of cheddar cheese produced at Davidstow in Cornwall, from a 25 year old recipe. It is currently the most popular brand of cheddar cheese in the UK. Dairy Crest bought the brand from Mendip Foods Ltd in 1995. Country of origin England Region, town Somerset, Cheddar Source of milk Cows, rarely Goats Pasteurised Frequently Texture hard/semi-hard Aging time 3-30 months depending on variety Certification No Cheddar cheese is a pale yellow to orange, sharp-tasting cheese originally made in the English village of Cheddar, in...
Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ...
Davidstow is a town in north-east Cornwall, United Kingdom. ...
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Other cheese brands include Davidstow, the Hartington brand of Blue Stilton and Wexford. Country of origin England Region, town Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire Source of milk Cows Pasteurised Yes Texture semi-soft, crumbly, creamier with increasing age Aging time 9 weeks minimum Certification PDO Stilton is a cheese of England. ...
Spreads St.Ivel Gold is a low fat spread that was launched in 1977 by St Ivel and became popular for being lower in fat than other brands.
Originally a Kraft then St Ivel brand, Vitalite is a sunflower spread which is known for its Smiling Sun which was part of a famous advertising campaign, with a song rhyming Vitalite. Empty Vitalite tubs are also popular for being used as bowls for feeding pets. Kraft Foods Inc. ...
Vitalite is a sunflower oil-based margarine, made by Dairy Crest. ...
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Utterly Butterly is a brand that is made from buttermilk, there is also a Scandinavian variant. It is a sponsor of a wing walking team. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...
Willow is a churned buttermilk-based spread, which is sold as 250g blocks. Other brands include Golden Churn, Country Life (formerly owned by English Butter) and Clover. Clover is a popular brand of dairy spread in the United Kingdom, produced by the Dairy Crest group. ...
All Clover products with a lid date of 10 August 2007 and earlier has been recalled by Dairy Crest due to an unknown cause of mould in tubs of spread. [2] Clover is a popular brand of dairy spread in the United Kingdom, produced by the Dairy Crest group. ...
The butters and Clover are made in Crudgington in Telford, and the other spreads such as Gold are made in Kirkby in north Merseyside. Crudgington is a village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. ...
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Arms of the former Kirkby Urban District Council Kirkby (pronounced - the second k is silent) is a new town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. ...
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Drinks FRijj is a milkshake drink. It is typically sold in 500ml curvy bottles. Flavours include chocolate, banana, strawberry, vanilla and white chocolate. There are also limited edition flavours featuring characters from The Simpsons. These are typically available for a few months at at time. The following flavour/character combinations have been released: banoffee pie (Krusty the Klown); raspberry doughnut (Homer Simpson); mint chocolate (Mr Burns); chocolate fudge brownie (Chief Wiggum). The current limited edition, raspberry, is not associated with any character, and used to be part of the standard range. By popular demand, chocolate fudge brownie has become a permanent flavour. Frijj is a brand of milkshake sold mainly in the United Kingdom. ...
A strawberry milkshake topped with whipped cream and strawberry syrup A milkshake is a sweet, cold beverage which is made from milk, ice cream, and sweet flavourings such as fruit syrup or chocolate sauce (in Canada and most regions of the United States, and the United Kingdom. ...
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Ingredient Products Milk powders etc.
Production sites The main production sites in the UK are in Chadwell Heath, close to the A12 which bottles much of the milk for London, and at Severnside in Stonehouse in Gloucestershire, close to junction 13 of the M5. Chadwell Heath is a place split between the London Borough of Barking and Dagenhamand the London Borough of Redbridge in East London. ...
The A12 is a major road in England, a trunk road for most of its length, running from London to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. ...
Map sources for Stonehouse, Gloucestershire at grid reference SO805055 Stonehouse, in the distance, from Selsley common. ...
Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ...
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Advertising From the 1950s onwards there were several memorable advertising campaigns by the Milk Marketing Board. Slogans included: "Full of natural goodness", "Is your man getting enough?", "Milk's Gotta Lotta Bottle" and "Watch out there's a humphrey about" (1970s) which was used in conjunction with images of a long straw 'stealing' milk from a glass.
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