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In the 1880s, dairy farmers in Sweden and Denmark formed small co-operatives to invest in common dairy production facilities. The first dairy co-operative was established in Sweden at Stora Arla Gård in Västmanland in 1881 under the name of Arla Mejeriförening, [6] and the first Danish cooperative dairy was established in Hjedding, outside Ølgod, Southern Jutland in 1882.
The company was created by the merger in 1980 of the British dairy group Express Dairies and the British subsidiary of Arla Foods, a Swedish-Danish dairy production co operative, jointly owned by Swedish and Danish farmers. The parent company, Arla Foods Amba, initially held a 51% stake, but acquired the rest of the company's shares in April ...
In 2018, the subsidiary Yeo Valley Dairies Ltd was purchased by Arla Foods UK, transferring the licence to produce milk, butter, spreads, and cheese under the Yeo Valley Organic brand to Arla. [5] Production of Yeo Valley Organic yogurt, ice cream, cream and desserts remained with Yeo Valley Production.
Arla Aylesbury is the largest dairy in the UK; at opening it was the world's biggest dairy, [1] processing over 1.75 billion pints (1 billion litres) of milk per year, around 10% of the milk in the UK. It is owned by Arla Foods UK which is a subsidiary of Arla Foods, a large producer of dairy products in Scandinavia.
Within the dairy business, one in 12 farmers has had to cut production in 2024, according to a poll from Arla Foods UK, with 56 per cent of dairy producers saying it is harder to recruit workers ...
On November 8, 2006 Arla Foods bought one third of the Ingman Foods shares, with the option to buy the rest of the company, and the European Commission deemed the deal to be pro-competitive. [3] The subsequent merger of Ingman into Arla made Arla the second biggest dairy business of Finland, although still far from Valio's dominant position ...
Dairy Farmers of America United States: 14.7 5 Fonterra New Zealand: 13.7 6 FrieslandCampina Netherlands: 13.6 7 Arla Foods Denmark: 11.7 8 Saputo Inc. Canada: 10.8 9 Yili Group China: 9.9 10 Mengniu Dairy China: 8.8 11 Dean Foods United States: 7.5 12 Unilever Netherlands, United Kingdom: 7.0 13 DMK Deutsches Milchkontor Germany: 6.5 14 Kraft ...
Milk Link Ltd; Company type: Co-operative (Private Limited with share capital 04427868) Industry: Dairy: Predecessor: Milk Marque (indirectly): Founded: April 30, 2000 (): Defunct