Confirmation of the Arla Foods amba June milk price

After increasing its milk price by 1.5 eurocent per kg in April and maintaining the priceinto May, the Arla Foods amba on account price will reduce by one eurocent per kg with effect from 25 May 2015.

When applied to the UK standard litre, the impact will be a reduction of 0.84 pence taking it to 24.99 pence.

Commenting on the announcement, Ash Amirahmadi, Arla UK’s head of milk and member services, said:

“Following a brief market upturn, which we were able to reflect in our milk price, the commodity markets continue their negative trend. Whilst we continue to do everything possible to minimise the impact, unfortunately, we have not been able to buck the market.The entire global dairy industry has been affected by these market forces. “

Arla Foods is a global dairy company and co-operative owned by 13,500 dairy farmers circa 3,000 of whom are British.

Dating back to 1881, Arla’s purpose is to secure the highest value for its farmers’ milk, while creating opportunities for their growth. With production facilities in 11 countries and sales offices in a further 30, Arla is the world’s sixth largest dairy company and largest supplier of organic dairy products. Arla has a total of more than 18,000 colleagues and its products are sold under the well-known brands Arla®, Lurpak® and Castello® in more than 100 countries.

Arla Foods UK is the largest dairy company in the country and is home to leading dairy brands Anchor, Cravendale, and Lactofree. It has a turnover of £2.3 billion. As well as being number one in fresh liquid milk, butter, spreads and cream, Arla is the UK’s largest cheese manufacturer. It has also built the world’s largest fresh milk facility located at Aylesbury and has plans for it to be the first zero carbon site of its kind. The UK business has a team of approximately 3,500 colleagues located at its dairies, distribution centres and head office.