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Arla Foods has announced plans to build a £70m fresh milk dairy at an undisclosed site near London by 2012, with the creation of about 500 jobs. 17-Nov-2009 Arla Foods is to shed 250 jobs at sites in Leeds, Denmark and Sweden, as part of a strategy to cut costs at its international dairy operations by £120m. 27-Apr-2009 Arla is to invest £70m in the expansion of its dairy processing plant in Leeds by 2010, with the creation of 100 jobs, but 130 jobs will be lost with the closure of its site in Northallerton. 02-Feb-2009 Arla Foods is to close its dairy and milk distribution centre in Wythenshawe by January 2009, with the loss of 300 jobs, in order to transfer production to sites in Ashby, Stourton and Hatfield Peverel. 27-May-2008 Arla Foods is to close its dairy distribution centre near Uckfield in East Sussex in July, with the loss of about 90 jobs. 03-Mar-2008 Dairy Crest is to acquire Express Dairies, including two dairies in Liverpool and Nottingham and 77 small distribution depots, from Arla Foods for £33m. 28-Jul-2006 Arla Foods is to close the production side of its milk plant near Uckfield in East Sussex, with the loss of about 250 jobs, but its dairy distribution operation will be retained along with 80 staff. 11-Jan-2006 Dairy Crest is to acquire the London Food Service business of Arla Foods, which includes food distribution sites in Ruislip, Bloomsbury and Nine Elms, for £4m. 17-Oct-2005 Arla Foods is to close its dairy distribution centre at Stratford in east London in April, but 140 of the 180 staff are expected to be redeployed at its Oakthorpe site near Hatfield. 26-Jan-2005 Arla Foods is to merge with Campina of the Netherlands, creating a combined dairy business called Campina Arla with 28,000 staff. 09-Dec-2004 Arla Foods is to close its HT Webb imported cheese distribution business in Northfleet, Kent, casting doubt on the future of 170 jobs. 29-Nov-2004 Arla Foods is to close two dairies in Newcastle upon Tyne and Ruislip, with the loss of more than 400 jobs. 01-Oct-2004 Arla Foods is planning to build a £10m milk processing plant in Lockerbie by next year, with the creation of about 100 jobs. 11-Aug-2004 Arla Foods is to invest £20m in the expansion of its new Stourton dairy near Leeds, and has also announced a deal with TNT Mail for its Express Dairies subsidiary to deliver letters and parcels to 6m households. 09-Jun-2004 Arla Foods UK is to close a dairy in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, and a bottling line in Hatfield Peverel, Essex, with the loss of 310 jobs. 05-Apr-2004 Arla Foods UK has sold its Alcester-based chilled distribution business to Corby Chilled Distribution for £2.8m. 02-Mar-2004 Express Dairies has agreed terms for a merger with the UK division of Arla Foods, which could lead to annual cost savings of more than £20m. 28-Mar-2003 Arla Foods has acquired HT Webb, the speciality cheese supplier, for undisclosed terms. 12-Nov-2002 Arla Foods is to invest £40m in the development of a new dairy near Leeds by 2004, to replace an existing city centre site. 04-Mar-2002 Arla Foods and New Zealand Milk are to form a Leeds-based joint venture called Arla Foods Fonterra to market the Anchor and Lurpak butter brands in the UK, which is expected to involve the closure of the NZM base in Swindon. 22-Oct-2001 Arla Foods is to build a dairy and distribution centre on a 32-acre site in Stourton, Leeds, which will involve the relocation of its existing city centre site and the creation of up to 100 jobs. 09-Mar-2001
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