citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message arla foods uk type wholly owned subsidiary founded 2003 headquarters leeds united kingdom area served united kingdom products dairy products lurpak cravendale lactofree revenue 1.677 bn owner arla foods number of employees 3000 website www.arlafoods.co.uk arla foods uk limited is a major dairy products company in the united kingdom based in leeds and a subsidiary of the swedish danish arla foods group . contents 1 company profile 2 name 3 history of parent 4 products 5 locations 6 compensation 7 see also 8 references 9 external links company profile edit the company was created by the 1980 merger of the british dairy group express dairies and the british subsidiary of arla foods a swedish danish dairy production co operative jointly owned by swedish and danish farmers . the parent company arla foods amba initially held a 51 % stake but acquired the rest of the company s shares in april 2007 . 1 in britain arla supplies milk to retailers and produces many household brands such as lurpak anchor butter cravendale lactofree and castello . name edit the company name arla is an archaic swedish term for saying early in the morning . arla was originally chosen as the name of the swedish company as stora arla g rd great arla farm in county v stmanland sweden was one of the early founding members of today s cooperative . history of parent edit arla foods was formed as the result of the merger of swedish dairy cooperative arla and the danish dairy company md foods in 2000 . swedish arla derived from an early dairy producing cooperative originally called mj lkcentralen mc founded in 1926 in stockholm . danish md foods was the result of the 1999 merger of kl ver m lk and md foods . md originally stood for mejeriselskabet danmark . in 2000 arla and md foods merged and the new company was headquartered in aarhus denmark . arla foods is today owned by approximately 10 600 milk producers in denmark and sweden . products edit arla is the uk s largest supplier of fresh milk and cream producing over 2.2 billion litres of milk every year . it produces two premium milk brands cravendale filtered milk which undergoes a filtration process to remove bacteria before pasteurization ; and lactofree milk from which lactose is removed making it suitable for most lactose intolerant people . following the success of lactofree milk arla introduced a range of lactose free products including cheese and yoghurt . as well as fresh milk arla produces lurpak brand butter and resells anchor branded butter on behalf of new zealand milk . other products include fromage frais yoghurts and the blue cheeses rosenborg and danish blue . the firm also produces fruit juice . locations edit the company has processing plants in england at hatfield peverel essex palmers green london stourton leeds settle and in scotland at lockerbie . in january 2009 arla foods uk ceased production at the manchester dairy . the company also operates the world s largest milk processing plant in aylesbury which was opened on 24 may 2014 . compensation edit according to the bbc farmers are paid less than supermarkets that buy directly per pint of milk . 2 see also edit first milk references edit arla foods amba acquires full ownership of uk subsidiary press release . arla foods uk . 5 april 2007 . retrieved 2008 05 01 . http www.bbc.co.uk news uk england 33960879 external links edit official site yahoo profile v t e agriculture in the united kingdom economy of the united kingdom agriculture companies arla foods uk bernard matthews farms dairy crest faccenda group farmcare frontier agriculture genus m ller wiseman dairies nfu mutual norbrook group openfield vestey group conservation grazing marsh hedgerow removal rare breeds survival trust government and regulation agricultural land classification agriculture and horticulture development board potato council animal health and veterinary laboratories agency british cattle movement service the country code crown estate department of agriculture and rural development northern ireland department for environment food and rural affairs institute for animal health legislation meat and livestock commission natural england rights of way in scotland rural development council rural payments agency scottish government enterprise and environment directorate single payment scheme history agricultural revolution british timber trade celtic field common land corn laws diggers dutch barn enclosure haughley experiment highland clearances highland potato famine lowland clearances napier commission rationing run rig rural reconstruction association scottish agricultural revolution swing riots victory garden women s land army foot and mouth 1967 2001 2007 nations and regions england agriculture in london cuisine cornwall devon fishing scotland animal breeds shetland crofting scottish crofting foundation cuisine factor fishing royal highland show wales cuisine royal welsh show t unnos non governmental organisations unions farmers union of wales national farmers union england and wales national farmers union of scotland ulster farmers union young farmers clubs of ulster british egg industry council british poultry council country land and business association fresh start initiative institute of biological environmental and rural sciences james hutton institute museums museum of english rural life national museum of rural life national non food crops centre nottingham arabidopsis stock centre rothamsted research royal highland and agricultural society of scotland soil association tenant farmers association universities and colleges cafre royal agricultural university scotland s rural college sectors beekeeping june gap fell farming forestry other countryfile eglu farmers weekly farming today hurdles category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arla foods uk & oldid 732157628 categories companies formerly listed on the london stock exchangedairy products companies of the united kingdommanufacturing companies based in leedscompanies established in 20032003 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 july 2016 at 01 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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