Dairy Farmers of Britain
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| Type | Agricultural marketing co-operative |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Nantwich, Cheshire |
| Area served | United Kingdom |
| Products | milk, cheese |
| Website | http://www.dfob.co.uk |
Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFoB) was a UK co-operative milk processor that buys milk directly from farmers and has several factories producing milk and cheese products for sale in various regions throughout the UK. The company was formed as a raw milk trading business (milk broker) in 2002 with the merger of The Milk Group and Zenith Milk.[1]
Dairy Farmers of Britain is the UK's leading dairy farmers' co-operative, marketing almost 1.4 billion litres of milk per year from more than 2,000 member farms.
In 2004, DFoB became the third largest milk processor in the UK, processing over 1.35 billion litres of milk each year into 600 different dairy products, by purchasing Tyneside-based Associated Co-operative Creameries for £75 million from the Co-operative Group.[2] Key products include a branded range of fresh milk, award winning cheeses in the Cadog range, and many other products such as butter, cream and milk powder.
In April 2007, it announced the intention to cease production at its creamery in Whitby, North Yorkshire. The following year it was also announced that production was going to end at two more of its creamery sites, Fole, North Staffordshire, and Portsmouth with closure due March 28th 2009. In doing so putting over 600 people out of work. It is now rumourmed that the creamery in Bradford will close in 2009. Dairy Farmers of Britain went into receivership on June 3rd 2009.
[edit] References
- ^ "Milk Group and Zenith merge". The Grocer (via ECNext Goliath). 2002-06-22. http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-1796077_ITM. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "Dairy farmers buy £75m milk firm". bbc.co.uk (BBC News). 2004-08-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_3552000/3552816.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
