Glacier FarmMedia – One year ago, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak published an open letter to farmers in his country. Released May 16, 2023, it focused on agricultural trade and British government priorities for future free trade deals. Why it matters: Trade talks between the United Kingdom and Canada fell apart earlier this year. Sunak […] Read more
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Canada-U.K. free trade talks remain comatose
Upcoming election in the United Kingdom may explain why little short-term hope remains on the trade agreement front
Goat milk processor honoured by Lindsay Ag Society
Mariposa Dairy handed the Excellence in Agriculture Award
A family-owned milk processor that has grown from humble beginnings to become the second largest goat cheese manufacturer in North America was recognized recently through a prestigious award from the Lindsay Agricultural Society. Why it matters: The award serves as further recognition that the company’s success has played a significant role in the expansion of […] Read more
Saputo to consolidate U.S. cheesemaking, shut three plants
Plans include one new plant, one repurposed
The Canadian company ranked among the three biggest cheesemakers in the U.S. is preparing to consolidate five of its cheese plants in that country down to two. Montreal-based Saputo announced last Thursday it has construction underway on a new $240 million cut-and-wrap cheese plant in the Milwaukee suburb of Franklin, to be up and running […] Read more
Agropur cheese plant workers take deal, halt strike
Milk not taken at Granby, Que. plant for over five weeks
Milk delivery to a major cheese plant in Eastern Canada is expected to resume soon as unionized employees at dairy co-operative Agropur’s facility at Granby, Que. end a five-and-a-half-week strike. The plant’s 250-odd workers, represented by the Syndicat des salaries de la fromagerie — an arm of Centrale des syndicats democratiques (CSD) — have voted […] Read more
Saputo to buy British cheesemaker Wensleydale
Canadian dairy firm expands U.K. assets
One of the world’s largest dairy processors is set to expand its reach further into the U.K. with a deal for the maker of Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese. Montreal-based Saputo announced Monday it has an all-cash deal in place to buy Wensleydale Dairy Products Ltd. for 23 million pounds (about C$39.7 million). Pending U.K. regulatory approvals, […] Read more
Blue Cow comes to Pizza Pizza
Dairy Farmers of Canada branding to go on display
Pizza Pizza is the latest brand to sport Dairy Farmers of Canada’s “Blue Cow” certification-of-origin mark in its marketing, putting an old fight over the pizza chain’s cheese provenance to rest. DFC and Toronto-based, TSX-traded Pizza Pizza — which as of March 31 included 622 Pizza Pizza and 103 Pizza 73 outlets across eight provinces […] Read more
Becel maker Upfield to relocate Ontario plant
Company to make vegan cheese substitutes, other spreads at Brantford
The maker of Becel margarine, Imperial spreads and, most recently, vegan near-cheese Violife plans to boost its Canadian manufacturing capacity with a move from Toronto to Brantford, Ont. The Canadian arm of Amsterdam-based Upfield said Wednesday it has bought a 164,000-square foot industrial building at Brantford and “brings a significant investment involving the purchase of […] Read more
Kraft Heinz to sell several cheese businesses to Lactalis
Canadian grated cheese lines among assets going for US$3.2 billion
Chicago | Reuters — Kraft Heinz said on Tuesday that it will sell several of its cheese businesses to a U.S. affiliate of France’s Groupe Lactalis for US$3.2 billion. After weak sales results and several billion-dollar writedowns over the past two years, there has been market speculation about which categories Kraft Heinz will offload from […] Read more
Saputo to shut two dairy plants in East
Canadian dairy processing giant Saputo, in a move it describes as “right-sizing” its manufacturing footprint, plans to close two of its plants in Eastern Canada within a year. Montreal-based Saputo said Thursday it will close the former Riverside Cheese and Butter plant at Trenton, Ont. this September and its Baxter dairy plant at Saint John, […] Read more
U.S. vows 100 per cent tariffs on France’s champagne, cheese over digital tax
Washington | Reuters — The U.S. government on Monday said it may slap punitive duties of up to 100 per cent on US$2.4 billion in imports from France of champagne, handbags, cheese and other products, after concluding that France’s new digital services tax would harm U.S. tech companies. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said its […] Read more
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