Muller news


Business investor is key to Market Drayton’s future

Business leaders and councillors say a potential investment that would create 600 jobs in Market Drayton is the ‘key to the future’ of the town.


Rice pudding boosts Muller sales to £57m

Sales of rice pudding made in Shropshire have risen four per cent in the last year as more people turn to comfort food to cope with the economic gloom, researchers said today.


Muller drops £20m adverts after TV flop

Dairy giant Müller has axed its biggest ever advertising campaign – just four months after it was launched in a blaze of prime-time publicity.


Culina workers’ jobs in balance as major contract cut

Up to 70 workers’ jobs hang in the balance after a major client’s contract was cut back at Shropshire-based food and drink industry transport giant Culina, it has emerged today.


Union: Muller’s Robert Wiseman deal will not cost jobs

Union officials today said they were confident the proposed £280 million sale of Britain’s biggest fresh milk supplier to dairy giant Muller would not lead to job losses.


Caution over Muller’s £280m Wiseman deal

Farmers and politicians today reacted with caution to news Shropshire dairy giant Muller had agreed a £280 million deal to buy Britain’s biggest fresh milk supplier.


Muller seals £279m deal for milk giant Wiseman’s

The founding family of Robert Wiseman Dairies today agreed to sell the firm to yoghurt giant Muller in a deal worth £279 million.


Muller ad voted one of most annoying on TV

A TV advertisement for Shropshire dairy giant Muller launched as part of a £20 million promotional campaign has been voted one of the most annoying on the box.


Surprise at Muller bid to buy Robert Wiseman Dairies

Farming leaders today spoke of their ‘surprise’ after Shropshire yoghurt giant Muller opened talks to take over Britain’s biggest fresh milk supplier as part of a multi-million pound deal.


Muller makes move for Wiseman takeover

Shropshire yoghurt giant Muller is in talks to take over Britain’s biggest fresh milk supplier as part of a multi-million pound collaboration, it was revealed this afternoon.


Muller milk price cut news leaves Tory fuming

Plans by Shropshire-based dairy giants Muller to cut the price it pays farmers for milk have been slammed by Shrewsbury’s MP Daniel Kawczynski.


Muller cost cuts a huge blow, say producers

Plans by Muller to cut the price it pays for milk is a huge blow for Shropshire’s dairy farmers, farming officials said today.


Muller’s Market Drayton expansion plans could create 300 jobs

A major expansion at dairy giant Muller’s Market Drayton factory has been given the go-ahead – potentially creating up to 300 new jobs.


Leader: Muller expansion is welcome boost for Shropshire

You do not need a crystal ball to predict that 2012 is going to be a difficult year.


Muller cuts 50 jobs – including at Shropshire HQ

More than 50 jobs are being axed at dairy giant Muller as the company looks to cut costs across all of its departments, including its Shropshire HQ.


Knight Rider car visits Muller Dairy

Shropshire’s Muller Dairy hosted the world’s most famous talking car at the launch of its new marketing campaign.


Muller dairy expansion plans welcomed in Market Drayton

Major expansion plans by dairy giant Muller which would create about 300 jobs have been welcomed by business and civic leaders in Market Drayton. The German firm is one of Europe’s biggest dairy producers.

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