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The global recession has impacted on the entire dairy industry, however, Arla Foods amba’s successful cost reduction programme and a rise in the price for bulk industrial products at the latter end of the year resulted in the company’s 2009 profit totalling DKK 971 million, DKK 71 million higher than budget, exceeding the expectations of the business.

Arla Foods has joined 27 other food manufactures and retailers in signing a grocery industry agreement which aims to cut food and packaging waste and carbon missions.

In 2009, the economic situation forced Arla Foods to make cuts across the business. A new and increased budget for 2010 focuses on marketing, an increase in capacity, as well as efficiency measures.

Arla Foods, Claymore Dairies and North Milk Coop have today reached an agreement whereby Arla and North Milk Coop will sell Claymore Dairies to a management buyout team based at the Nairn facility, for an undisclosed sum, with effect from 1 February 2010.

Following a decision by Fonterra to dispose of its minority interest in a joint venture with Arla Foods amba, Arla, the majority stakeholder, has acquired the 25 per cent share that it did not already own.

Arla Foods UK has today (16 November 2009) confirmed it is to invest in building a new one billion litre liquid milk processing facility on the outskirts of London.

Arla is adding weight to its environmental credentials by slimming down its use of packaging and now boasts the lightest two pint polybottles for milk in the UK.

A difficult six months but 2009 full year forecast achievable.

Arla Foods is taking delivery of state of the art processing equipment as work on the £70 million expansion at its flagship dairy in Stourton, Leeds gains momentum.

The Arla Foods Milk Partnership board has decided to reduce the standard litre price by one pence, with effect from 1 May 2009, taking Arla’s standard litre* to 24 pence.

Arla's profits for 2008 total DKK 556 million, DKK 350 million below budget. Although the milk price (including the supplementary payment and consolidation to member’s capital account) for the cooperative milk producers in 2008 was the highest ever, amounting to DKK 2.5 billion more than in 2007, the result is not satisfactory, according to Peder Tuborgh, CEO of Arla Foods.

Arla Foods has today (January 29) announced that it is to invest more than £70 million in additional state of the art production facilities at its flagship dairy in Stourton, Leeds.