The processor of the Beatrice and Lactantia milk brands plans to put its fluid milk processing plant in northern Ontario over to plant-based dairy substitutes. The Canadian arm of France’s […] Read more
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Lactalis to shift from milk to near-milk at Sudbury
Facility to halt fluid milk processing, switch to plant-based product lines

Lactalis to buy Agropur’s yogurt business
Deal to include two processing plants, major yogurt brands
Canadian dairy co-operative Agropur has reached a deal to sell its yogurt processing business and plants to the Canadian arm of French dairy giant Groupe Lactalis. The deal, as announced […] Read more

Parmalat to buy Kraft’s Ontario cheese plant, brands
U.S. food processing giant Kraft Heinz is taking one step back from the Canadian dairy processing business with a deal to sell its eastern Ontario cheese plant and the brands […] Read more

Lactalis still short in bid to delist Parmalat
Milan | Reuters — France’s Lactalis has not secured the 90 per cent stake in Parmalat it needed to press ahead with plans to delist the Italian food company, a […] Read more

Lactalis short of threshold to delist Parmalat
Milan | Reuters — France’s Lactalis failed to reach the 90 per cent stake in Parmalat it required to proceed to delist the Italian food company in the last day […] Read more

Lactalis offer for Italy’s Parmalat seen too low
Milan | Reuters — Parmalat activist investor Amber Capital believes the price of a buyout offer by France’s Lactalis undervalues the Italian dairy group and won’t be tendering its three […] Read more

Ontario dairy sector optimistic with expanding demand
Ontario’s dairy industry is in a period of unprecedented growth, with over 15 per cent more quota going to dairy farmers in less than two years. There are almost certainly […] Read more

Ottawa weighs options over U.S. milk proteins
Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada is working on a plan to shore up its sheltered dairy industry, including measures to counter fast-rising imports of milk proteins from the U.S., according […] Read more

Parmalat gets GF2 funds for new Winnipeg milk plant
Dairy giant Parmalat is set to get federal and Manitoba government funding toward its planned new $50 million milk plant in Winnipeg. The two levels of government on Tuesday pledged […] Read more

Parmalat getting land to expand Winnipeg milk plant
Dairy giant Parmalat plans to expand its Winnipeg milk operations and has been cleared to buy the acres to do so. While the Italian company’s Toronto-based Canadian arm has so […] Read more