Dutch FrieslandCampina will introduce their meat–free products to the UK in early October. After the Tender’lish brand performed well in Belgium, Germany and Netherlands, F/C see their meat–free chicken, produced using 60% skimmed milk, potentially invigorating a declining alternative meat sector in the UK.
The Hall family’s Preston, Lancs-based Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses, now run by the fourth generation, have reported sales up 16.6% to £18.2m for the year to Sept 2022 with operating profits down 5.6% at £915,110 and pre-tax profits also down 7.1% to £881,000. Total equity was up 13% at £7.8m. Staff numbers were down from 115 to 113. Dividends totalling £6,000 were paid out, the same as the year before. Butlers acquired the Parlick sheep milk cheese brand and some assets in August 2022, for around £300,500.
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