First Milk (company)

First Milk Ltd
Co-operative
Headquarters Cirrus House, Glasgow Airport Business Park, Marchburn Drive, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, PA3 2SJ, United Kingdom and worldwide
Area served
 United Kingdom
Key people
 Jim Paice (chairperson), Mike Gallacher (chief executive)
Products Dairy products
Revenue £579m (2011–2012)[1]
Website firstmilk.co.uk

First Milk is a United Kingdom company that supplies milk, cheese and other dairy products. It is a farmer owned co operative, that had about 2,200 members from 2010 to 2011.[2] The company supplies products to the United Kingdom and international markets.[3]

History

In November 2012, Jim Paice became the company's chairperson.[1]

In January 2015, the company delayed dividend payments to help cash flow problems due to lack of demand.[4] The company made about seventy redundancies in June the same year. [5]

Products

The company owns the brands The Lake District Dairy Co, Pembrokeshire Cheddar, Mull of Kintyre, Scottish Pride and Isle of Arran.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Business Profile: Kate Allum, chief executive, First Milk - Farmers Weekly". 18 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "first_milk_company_review_2012" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "First Milk - the only major dairy company 100% owned by British farmers".
  4. ↑ "Dairy co-operative delays payments to farmer-members - Co-operative News". 15 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Dairy co-op launches governance review following job loss proposals - Co-operative News". 1 June 2015.
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