Arla Foods amba to increase price by 1.7ppl to 31.91ppl from 27 May

Arla Milk Link farmers are to receive a 1.7 pence increase on their standard litre price, from 27 May, as a result of Arla Foods amba increasing its on-account price to its 12,400 cooperative members.

Commenting on the increase, Ash Amirahmadi, Arla’s vice president for milk and member services, said:  “Our UK owners have received an additional 2.76 pence on the Arla Milk Link standard litre since 29 April. This increase gives our owners a leading market related price, underlines the benefit of being part of a strong European dairy cooperative and should build confidence at a much needed time.”

Commenting on the increase, Johnnie Russell, Arla Foods amba board director, added: “Arla Milk Link is part of a European dairy business.  The strength of the returns from all of our markets, globally, have facilitated this increase, in line with our cooperative principles.”

Arla Foods UK plc is home to some of the UK’s leading dairy brands including Cravendale, Lurpak, Tickler and Anchor. Processing approximately 3.2 billion litres of milk a year and with a turnover of approximatey £2bn Arla is the UK’s largest dairy company.

Over 4,000 daily deliveries are made to stores and regional distribution centres nationwide, Arla's brands can be found across the dairy category and the company has a 26 per cent share of the GB milk pool. Behind this leading business is a team of circa 4,000 people across the UK located at our dairies, distribution centres and head office.