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AUS: Warrnambool to supply new dairy brand to Coles
19 January 2012
Australian dairy firm Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory has struck a deal to supply a new brand exclusively to Coles, the country's number two food retailer.
AUS: Warrnambool Cheese and Butter reports strong full year
31 August 2011
Australian dairy group Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory has reported a strong rise in full-year profits, boosted by a burgeoning overseas business.
AUS: WCB H1 profits up 300%
28 February 2011
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings has posted a 300% leap in first half net profits and insisted that its prospects for the remainder of this year are significantly better than they were for 2010.
In the spotlight - Goodman Fielder faces uncertain future
24 January 2011
There are concerns over the future of Goodman Fielder, Australia's largest food group, after the company announced last week that CEO Peter Margin would be leaving the business.
AUS: Goodman Fielder CEO Margin resigns
18 January 2011
Goodman Fielder, Australia's largest food group, has announced today (18 January) that CEO Peter Margin has resigned from the company.
AUS: Warrnambool predicts improvement in H1 profits
18 January 2011
Australian dairy firm Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory said today (18 January) that its half-year profits were likely to come in at around four times the level generated in the company's previous fiscal year.
AUS: Bega Cheese buys 15% of rival dairy firm Warrnambool
10 November 2010
Australian dairy firm Bega Cheese has snapped up a 15% stake in local rival Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB).
AUS: Warrnambool renews National Foods cheese tie-up
3 August 2010
Australian dairy firm Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB) has renewed its agreement to supply National Foods with bulk cheddar cheese.
Best bits: Food companies looking to score overseas
14 June 2010
As football lovers waited for the start of the World Cup in South Africa last week, a clutch of leading food companies set out their stall for overseas success.
On the money: Saputo eye remains on Australian market
10 June 2010
Canadian dairy group Saputo said it remains ready for another acquisition, with the Australia market still on its radar screen.
UPDATE: AUS: WCB “welcomes” end to Murray Goulburn pursuit
2 June 2010
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory today (2 June) “welcomed” the news that dairy co-operative Murray Goulburn has dropped its hostile attempt to buy the business.
AUS: Murray Goulburn withdraws WCB bid
2 June 2010
Australian dairy group Murray Goulburn has withdrawn its hostile merger bid for smaller rival Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory.
AUS: ACCC likely to oppose Murray Goulburn's WCB takeover
22 April 2010
Australia's competition watchdog has voiced concerns over Murray Goulburn's proposed acquisition of Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory.
Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
1 April 2010
In the run-up to Easter, chocolate fittingly grabbed the headlines, with Supervalu Inc accusing some of the biggest manufacturers of fixing prices in the US. Meanwhile, Barry Callebaut, the world's largest B2B chocolate maker, believes it will benefit from more outsourcing of production in the sector. And another ingredients giant, France's Tereos, sees the world's as its oyster after the creation of a dedicated overseas unit. Here is a snapshot of who said what on the top food news stories this week.
AUS: WCB slams Murray Goulburn takeover rationale
1 April 2010
The battle over Australian dairy firm Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory has been turned up a notch with the company writing to investors to warn them of the "myth and little substance" of claims from suitor Murray Goulburn.
AUS: Murray Goulburn continues to raise WCB stake
22 March 2010
Australian dairy co-operative Murray Goulburn has continued to increase its stake in local peer Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB).
AUS: Murray Goulburn builds WCB stake
11 March 2010
Murray Goulburn has continued to build its stake in local rival Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB).
AUS: Murray Goulburn adds to stake in WCB
3 March 2010
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB) has revealed that local rival and suitor Murray Goulburn has become a "substantial shareholder" in the Australian dairy firm.
AUS: Murray Goulburn builds stake in WCB
26 February 2010
Murray Goulburn has built a stake in local rival Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory, which has twice rejected takeover bids from the Australian dairy co-op.
UPDATE: AUS: Farmer benefit from higher bid - Murray Goulburn
19 February 2010
Murray Goulburn has attacked Australian dairy rival Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory for not holding talks over its latest bid to buy the business.
AUS: WCB again rebuffs Murray Goulburn
19 February 2010
Australian dairy firm Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB) has rejected a second bid from local rival Murray Goulburn.
UPDATE: AUS: Murray Goulburn tables fresh bid for WCB
16 February 2010
Australian dairy co-operative Murray Goulburn has tabled a "revised" takeover bid for local rival Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB).
AUS: WCB books "pleasing" H1 figures
16 February 2010
Australian dairy firm Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory today (16 February) reported a jump in half-year profits on the back of rising commodity prices.
AUS: Murray Goulburn mulls fresh Warrnambool offer
10 February 2010
Australian dairy co-op Murray Goulburn is weighing up the company's next step in its interest in rival firm Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB) but repeated
AUS: Murray Goulburn to close cheese site
5 February 2010
Australian dairy co-op Murray Goulburn is to close one of its cheese sites in the state of Victoria.
UPDATE: AUS: Warrnambool hits out at Murray Goulburn bid
29 January 2010
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB), the Australian dairy firm, has criticised one of its suitors, Murray Goulburn and insisted its rival's takeover bid under-valued the business.
Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
29 January 2010
Green & Black’s boss Dominic Lowe this week talked about his “confidence” in Kraft Foods' takeover as the Cadbury-owned firm announced plans to move its entire range to Fairtrade by the end of 2011. Elsewhere, analysts speculated on Morrisons' future strategy following the surprise appointment of Loblaw COO Dalton Philips as its new chief executive. Across the Atlantic, Wal-Mart announced plans to leverage its “size and global scale” in a shake-up to its leadership structure and the creation of a new unit for the firm’s online business. Here is a list of who said what this week.
AUS: Warrnambool receives two more takeover bids
4 January 2010
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB), the Australian dairy firm, has received two more takeover approaches from unknown parties.
Top stories on just-food this week
11 December 2009
Copenhagen, Cadbury, Kroger and Kit Kat - this week's top stories had an alliterative ring to them. As the UN Climate Change conference kicked off in the Danish capital, we looked at how the food industry is, in the words of one industry body, "intrinsically linked" to a warming planet. Cadbury will mount its formal defence of the Kraft Foods takeover on Monday (14 December) and this week saw union officials again criticise the prospect of Kraft ownership. Nestle joined Cadbury in the Fairtrade corner with the announcement that Kit Kat would switch to the ethical label in the New Year. And, meanwhile, Kroger, the US retail giant slashed its profit forecast and sent its shares tumbling.
CANADA/AUS: Warrnambool "very likely target" of Saputo
9 December 2009
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB), the Australian dairy firm at the centre of takeover speculation, could be a target for Canadian dairy giant Saputo, one leading Canadian analyst claimed today (9 December).
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