European dairy consolidation rumbles on

Comment: End of dairy quotas makes EU mergers inevitable

The spectre of the end of dairy quotas in the EU is prodding dairy processors across the continent to combine.…

GLOBAL: China’s Yili enters world’s top 20 dairy firms

China's Yili Group has become the latest non-Western dairy processor to join the ranks of the world's top 20 firms…

EU: Give dairy farmers more power, EU report urges

The European Commission has released a long-awaited report from an expert panel on fixing Europe’s troubled dairy sector.  An EU…

FRANCE: Dairy co-ops Glac, Eurial set to merge

Two French dairy co-operatives, Glac and Eurial, have agreed to merge, a deal that could create the country's second-largest dairy…

UPDATE: AUSTRIA: Dairy merger farmer-driven – Berglandmilch

The proposed merger between Austria's Tirol Milch and Berglandmilch was instigated by the farmer-members of both companies, just-food can reveal.…

In the spotlight – Sodiaal’s pursuit of Entremont

Could we, after almost a year, be set to see Sodiaal acquire French dairy peer Entremont Alliance - and, as…