First Milk is a company based in the United Kingdom that supplies

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cheese Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During productio ...

and other

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products. It is a farmer owned co operative, that had about 2,200 members from 2010 to 2011. The company supplies products, to the United Kingdom and international markets.

History

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became the company's chairperson in November 2012. At this time, the companies revenue was £579m. The company delayed

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payments to help

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problems in January 2015, due to lack of demand. The company made about seventy redundancies in June the same year. The company was the ninth largest dairy company in the United Kingdom in 2019, based on turnover.

Products

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

References

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