Dairy Crest Issue Interim Management Statement
Dairy Crest say that sales in the quarter ended June 30th have improved from that reported in the equivalent three months last year. It traded in line with expectations and the anticipated trends set out in Dairy Crest's Preliminary Results released on 19 May 2009, it said.
Sales of key brands, Clover, Country Life Spreadable, Cathedral City and St Hubert Omega 3 were up in total by 14% in volume and 8% in value terms, they say.
Sales in the Dairies division were down 3% compared to those for the quarter ended 30 June 2008, they added.
They also welcomed 114 dairy farmers to Dairy Crest who were previously supplying around 100 million litres of milk annually to the recently failed co-op DFOB.
Sales of key brands, Clover, Country Life Spreadable, Cathedral City and St Hubert Omega 3 were up in total by 14% in volume and 8% in value terms, they say.
Sales in the Dairies division were down 3% compared to those for the quarter ended 30 June 2008, they added.
They also welcomed 114 dairy farmers to Dairy Crest who were previously supplying around 100 million litres of milk annually to the recently failed co-op DFOB.