Arla’s Settle creamery coldstore is used for an unusual test
Arla Foods’ Settle creamery came to the rescue of a leading outdoor magazine when the mild autumn and winter meant that North Yorkshire was not the ideal location to be testing down-insulated jackets.
It’s not everyday that the coldstore of a creamery is used for testing the performance of outdoor clothing, but when The Great Outdoors (TGO) magazine got in touch with Arla the site arranged for a section of the refrigerated area to be cordoned off so that a journalist could test the jackets in a cold environment that reflected the temperatures in which they are designed to be used.
TGO journalist, John Manning, said: “The temperature was at a constant 2°C throughout and the large fans which keep the cool air circulating throughout the cold store added an element of wind chill.”
John Collier, despatch team leader at the creamery, said: “It was quite surreal having someone sitting in the coldstore for a day surrounded by butter and testing winter jackets, but ultimately it was nice that the company could help out.”
John added: “We’re extremely grateful to Arla who offered us ideal facilities for conducting the tests.”
In total 15 jackets were put through their paces for the readers of the leading magazine for walkers and backpackers.
Arla Foods UK plc is home to some of the UK’s leading dairy brands including Cravendale, Lurpak and Anchor. Processing approximately two billion litres of milk a year Arla continues to be one of the UK’s leading dairy companies and a supplier of fresh liquid milk and cream to the top seven retailers.
Over 2,500 daily deliveries are made directly to stores nationwide and Arla brands can be found across the dairy category. As well as the leader of the butter, spreads and margarine sector, and a major supplier of other added value products including flavoured milk and cheese, Arla continues to build working relationships with Arla Foods Milk Partnership, a unique group of dairy farmers, which supplies around 90 per cent of Arla's total milk requirements.
Behind this leading business is a team of circa 2,800 people across the UK located at our dairies, distribution centres and head office.