Bad taste forces Fonterra milk recall
Fonterra has pulled some of its milk off shelves in the lower North Island after receiving complaints about it having an unpleasant flavour.
Farmers tell inquiry $1 a litre is hurting farmgate returns
PRIVATE label $1-a-litre retail milk and supermarket chain power have hurt farmgate pricing, WA dairy farmers believe. By MAL GILL.
Norco earns top customer award
Norco is one of Australia’s last remaining dairy co-operatives and last week its locally produced Norco Fresh Milk took out the 2017 Canstar Blue award for most satisfied customers. By
Court Rules Against State On Skim Milk Labeling
Most shoppers in the dairy aisle probably never give it a lot of thought.
Crisis in SanCor: problems with the supply to the supermarkets
The crisis of the SanCor cooperative is already leaving a bitter taste for consumers. His Shimmy dairy dessert, which was the best-selling in the category (it’s in “Pricing Care” at $ 8.23) is almost not available on supermarket shelves. By wolcottdaily
Dairy industry declares war on ‘fake milk’, demanding non-dairy alternatives not be branded milk
WILL milk by any other name still taste as sweet? By Kim Stephens
The Science of Better-Tasting Milk
A new study finds that fluorescent light can degrade the flavor of milk in supermarkets—and offers some solutions. By DANIEL AKST
Fridge stoush looms between milk companies Fonterra and Lewis Road
Milk giant Fonterra is trying to push smaller suppliers to the sidelines, with almost exclusive supermarket shelf rights, Lewis Road Creamery says. By GLENN MCCONNELL
Now the price of MILK has rocketed to highest in almost two years
New figures reveal that the price of a four pint bittle of milk has shot up by 4p this October – following on the heels of a price hike for Marmite – and aprking a supermarket price war. BY RUKI SAYID
Consumers turn away from cheap milk
Consumers are continuing to back dairy farmers and snub the big supermarkets and their $1-a-litre discount milk strategy, with sales of supermarket private-label fresh milk plunging in the past six months. By SUE NEALES,