Dairy Bulletin News Archive

Stand on December milk price for First Milk members

First Milk have declared their December 1st milk price much earlier than normal (2nd November) and members will be pleased to know that the co-op is holding its current price until at least 1st January 2019. The First Milk members liquid standard litre price remains at 28.5ppl and 29.47ppl based on a manufacturing standard litre.  For First Milk’s Haverfordwest Cheese Group will continue to receive a manufacturing standard litre price of 30.

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1ppl milk price reduction for suppliers to Grahams Dairies (liquid/Scotland) – from 1st December

This take producers’ standard liquid milk price to 28.5ppl (www.milkprices.com)

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0.46ppl backdated rebate for Sainsbury’s suppliers

Sainsbury’s have back-dated a 1st October additional 0.46ppl increase to  its SDDG suppliers following a recent review of it’s COP model involving family labour as operated by  Kite Consultancy. Less than two months ago in this bulletin we featured a news item “Sainsbury’s under attack from its farmer suppliers”.  This followed the retail giants decision to pay its farmers only 0.

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Lactalis (AKA The Fresh Milk Company) will hold suppliers prices until at least 1st January 2019

This results in a standard liquid litre milk price of 29.00ppl and standard manufacturing price of 30.03ppl

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Wyke Farms (Cheese) will hold suppliers prices until at least 1st January 2019

This results in a standard liquid litre milk price of 29.65ppl and standard manufacturing price of 30.69ppl

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Arla will hold its member’s milk price until 1st December

Arla have confirmed there will be no change in its November 1st Milk price at 31.21ppl based on the standard liquid litre and 32.37ppl on a standard manufacturing litre

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1ppl milk price reduction for suppliers to Woodcocks/Yew Tree Dairy (liquid) - from 1st December

This results in a standard liquid litre milk price of 28.5ppl

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1ppl milk price reduction for suppliers to Pensworth (Liquid) - from 1st December

This results in a standard liquid litre milk price of 28.8ppl

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1ppl milk price reduction for Meadow Food suppliers – from 1st December

This results in a standard liquid litre milk price of 28.5ppl

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1ppl milk price reduction for Glanbia (Cheese) suppliers – from 1st December

This results in a standard liquid litre milk price of 27.99ppl and standard manufacturing price of 29.00ppl

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Muller break the log jam with a 1ppl 1st December price cut

Given the fact Muller are one of only a few milk purchasers who remain Voluntary Code compliant they were always set to be the dam busters and have confirmed a 1ppl price drop for 1st December, which has come as no surprise to those who study the markets. The Muller standard liquid litre price for November 1st is 29.5ppl and from December 1st will be 28.5ppl Note, whilst Muller are the first GB milk purchaser to declare a price reduction according to our records back on 30th April Muller were the first to break the log jam with a 0.

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0.43ppl milk price increase for Waitrose aligned suppliers – from 1st December

This results in a standard liquid litre milk price of 31.85ppl

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