Arla Foods UK

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name = Arla Foods UK

type = Wholly-owned subsidiary
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foundation = 2003
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location_city = Leeds
location_country = United Kingdom
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products = Dairy products – Lurpak, Cravendale, Lactofree
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revenue = £1.677bn
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owner = Arla Foods
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homepage = [http://www.arlafoodsuk.com/ www.arlafoodsuk.com]
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Arla Foods UK Ltd. is a major British dairy products company, based in Leeds.

Company profile

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. Parent company Arla Foods amba initially held a 51% stake, but acquired the rest of the company's shares in April 2007. [cite press release |title=Arla Foods amba acquires full ownership of UK subsidiary |url=http://www.arlafoodsuk.com/appl/GB/gb060AFU/gb060d01.NSF/O/27CC75F35A5E60B2C12572B3005219DB |publisher=Arla Foods UK |date=5 April, 2007 |accessdate=2008-05-01] It operates door to door milk deliveries and supplies milk to retailers. In the 18 months ended 30 September Arla Foods UK had a turnover of £1.677 billion.

Products

Arla is the UK's largest supplier of fresh milk and cream, producing over 2.2 billion litres of milk every year. It produces two premium milk brands — Cravendale filtered milk, where the milk is filtered to remove bacteria; and Lactofree milk, which has the lactose taken out of it making it suitable for lactose intolerant people.

As well as fresh milk, 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.

Locations

The company has processing plants in England at Ashby de la Zouch (Leicestershire), Hatfield Peverel (Essex), Palmers Green (London), Stourton (Leeds), Wythenshawe (Manchester), Settle and Northallerton (North Yorkshire), and in Scotland at Nairn and Lockerbie.

References

External links

* [http://www.arlafoodsuk.com/appl/GB/gb060AFU/gb060d01.NSF?OpenDatabase Official site]
* [http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=ARU.L Yahoo profile]