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CRAVENDALE® fresh milk and Leicestershire County Cricket Club hope to discover tomorrow’s cricket superstars as they invite every child in the county to take part in a bespoke cricket development programme, thanks to a £50,000 grant from Sportsmatch.

The first ever Discover.. adverts were launched on television this July.

A maize maze which is being sponsored for the second year running by CRAVENDALE fresh milk was opened to the general public following a test run by local school pupils and senior Leeds Rhino's players rugby players recently.

Arla has been celebrating following its duo of successes at the Great Yorkshire Show which saw Settle Creamery scoop the prestigious Supreme Dairy product award and an Arla Foods Milk Partnership member's cow clinch the title of Supreme Champion.

Arla has scooped a top honour at The Grocer Gold Awards 2004 by being crowned best own label supplier.

To ensure its future as a strong player in the butter and spreads market, Anchor has had a major makeover and will be stepping out in new packaging, from 1 July 2004.

Crime fighting Express Dairies milkman Sean Garvey has won the title of 2004 milkman of the year at a special award ceremony hosted by Dairy Industry Association Ltd to acknowledge excellence.

Express Dairies, a trading division of Arla Foods UK plc the UK's leading dairy company, has signed a two-year agreement with mail and logistics company TPG N.V.'s UK subsidiary TNT Mail, which will see Express Dairies delivering addressed, heavier weight letters and packets for TNT Mail's customers.

Arla Foods UK plc, the UK's leading dairy company, is to become sole supplier of fresh liquid milk to ASDA.

The famous Express name will fly the standard for Arla's home delivery business nationwide, as part of the merger process.

An additional investment of up to £20 million is to be injected into Arla's new dairy at Stourton, south Leeds to provide new Cravendale production facilities.

With news of obese, unhealthy children hitting the headlines on an almost daily basis, how do parents inspire their kids to choose healthier foods? The recent cinema release of The Calcium Kid is encouraging kids to do just that with the lead being a milkman who becomes a heavy weight champion due to his consumption of three pints of milk a day.