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• STOCKS FOCUS: ROBERT WISEMAN DAIRIES

  - 2008-12-14

  ROBERT Wiseman Dairies entered the FTSE 250, just over 60 years after the company began to deliver milk by horse and cart in East Kilbride. The company now processes and distributes more than one in four litres of fresh milk in Britain every day, and employs more than 4500 people....

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• STOCKS FOCUS: ROBERT WISEMAN DAIRIES

  - 2008-07-06

  ROBERT Wiseman Dairies hinted at an increase in prices to counter the effects of rising oil and packaging costs. Chairman Alan Wiseman admitted that while 2008 had so far been a difficult year, the company was on track to meet forecasts. Sales in the first three months were about 2per...

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• Robert Wiseman Dairies warns of higher milk prices

  - 2008-07-04

  By James Thompson Robert Wiseman Dairies raised the spectre of higher milk prices yesterday as it warned it would have to pass on the rising costs of fuel and packaging. The company, which supplies milk to supermarkets including Tesco and Sainsbury's, is facing soaring bills for...

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• WISEMAN 100-per cent RECYCLE PLAN

  - 2008-02-10

  Robert Wiseman Dairies has unveiled plans to recycle 100-per cent of the waste from its UK network of dairies and distribution depots. The move follows a pilot at its dairy at Bellshill where the amount of waste being recycled rose to 85-per cent. East Kilbridebased Wiseman plans to introduce its...

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• Rising food costs passed on

  - 2007-11-29

  [Groceries] Buyers for food manufacturers are struggling to find ways to combat the rising costs of ingredients, so are having to pass them on to their customers. Northern Foods, Premier Foods and Robert Wiseman Dairies RWD have all reported recent price rises for their products to offset commodity...

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• Will the predators come back for Sainsbury's?

  - 2007-11-12

  The Week Ahead The recent collapse of a takeover approach for J Sainsbury by the Qatar-backed fund Delta Two wiped ?2bn off Sainsbury's market capitalisation in one day. Investors will be hoping for good news in this week's interim results to get the shares moving in the right...

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• Robert Wiseman revenues up 6.5%

  - 2007-05-15

  Robert Wiseman Dairies has reported revenues up 6.5 per cent to [pound]605m for the year ended 31 March but warned that the group's future prospects relied heavily on the success of the new dairy at Bridgewater, due to open in December. Pre-tax profit rose 29.7 per cent to [pound]34.6m from...

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• Robert Wiseman milking profits at last.(Financial report)

  - 2007-05-15

  After two tough years, with profitability skimmed by higher energy and packaging costs, coupled with a milk price hike, Robert Wiseman's results beat analysts' expectations. Nathalie Olof-Ors After two tough years, with profitability skimmed by higher energy and packaging costs, coupled with a...

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• Wiseman to contest Arla legal action

  - 2006-10-25

  Robert Wiseman Dairies revealed yesterday it is being sued by Arla, the UK's largest dairy producer, following an Office of Fair Trading ruling on the Scottish milk market. The OFT made a provisional ruling last month that Wiseman and other milk suppliers may have breached competition rules on price fixing...

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• Six Scottish dairies accused of price-fixing.(UK)(Robert Wiseman Dairies, Ballantyne, Graham's Dairies, Scottish Milk Dairies (SMD), Quothquan and Renfrew)

  - 2006-09-08

  Six of Scotland's dairy companies could face hefty fines following the announcement on September 6 from the UK's competition watchdog, the Office of Fair Trading OFT that they engaged in price fixing over a four-year period, Dairy Markets reports. The OFT accused the dairies...

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