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Arla Foods is looking to recruit more dairy suppliers to Arla Foods Milk Partnership, the dedicated milk supply group for Arla Foods UK, as it seeks to realise its ambition to provide 90 per cent of Arla’s milk requirement by the end of the current milk year. AFMP currently supplies around 80 per cent of Arla’s milk needs.

Arla Foods press release Investigation into the UK dairy sector 2002-2003 More than four years ago, the UK competition authority, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), launched an investigation into certain increases in the price of UK produced fresh milk, butter and cheese relating to the period 2002 to 2003.

Arla Foods UK will pay 25p a litre for milk supplied by members of its dedicated supply group, Arla Foods Milk Partnership (AFMP), from October 1st following a round of positive discussions with its major retail customers.

Arla Foods has today (7 August 2007) announced that Hanne Sondergaard will be assuming full responsibility for milk procurement in addition to her role as deputy chief executive of Arla Foods UK plc.

Arla Foods UK plc has announced the second consecutive monthly rise in the milk price paid to members of its dedicated milk supply group, Arla Foods Milk Partnership (AFMP). From 1 July 2007 the AFMP standard litre price will increase by 0.3p per litre to 20.1ppl.

It's third time lucky for Arla Foods as it was awarded Best Own Label supplier by the UK's leading food magazine, The Grocer.

Arla Foods initiates process expected to lead to AFMP members acquiring part ownership of UK business Arla Foods is initiating a process which it hopes will lead to members of Arla Foods Milk Partnership (AFMP) acquiring part ownership of Arla Foods' UK business.

Arla Foods UK plc has announced a further rise in the milk price paid to members of its dedicated milk supply group, Arla Foods Milk Partnership (AFMP). From 1 June 2007 the AFMP standard litre price will increase by 0.4p per litre to 19.8ppl.

Arla Foods has won two major honours in The Grocer magazine's annual awards following nominations by its retail customers.

Following the appointment of Peter Lauritzen as Managing Director of Arla Foods UK on 19 April 2007, the following additional appointments complete the leadership team.

Group Executive Director Peter Lauritzen, who, for the past 13 years, has been responsible for Arla Foods' ingredients business, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the UK subsidiary Arla Foods UK plc.

Arla Foods UK plc has confirmed to its dedicated milk supply group, Arla Foods Milk Partnership (AFMP), comprising 1,600 individual members, that it has increased its standard litre price by 1ppl from 1 April 2007, bringing the price for a one million-litre producer to 19.4ppl.