Category: LATEST NEWS

Wednesday 10 October, 2018: Woolworths’ Drought Relief Milk will hit the shelves in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and the ACT from this week.

As we are all aware large portions of our dairy farms, particularly Queensland, New South Wales and northern Victoria, are faced with severe drought. This is having an impact on the cost of production due to significant increases in the cost and availability of feedstocks and the cost of irrigation water. This on top of what is already a very low margin industry for farmers and processors

We are pleased to announce that, as part of our commitment to ending violence against women, all Lactalis Australia and Lactalis Group companies in Australia are now official White Ribbon Workplaces.

BP held their annual awards evening where they review the year that was and announce various awards within their business.
Lactalis Australia was pleased to take home NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR for OAK PLUS.

Our cheese presence in the Australian market continues to grow, with the recent launch of three exciting new products in Woolworths.

Last week, the yoghurt market in Australia forever changed with the launch of our new, delicious, all-natural range of pot set yoghurts by Farmhouse Gold. Made simply with extra creamy milk from Australian farms, the juice of pressed fruit and no added gelatines, glutens, starches or gums, this product range has a delicate and pure taste unlike anything else on the market. After only one week on supermarket shelves, our Consumer Relations team have already fielded responses from customers calling to tell us this is the best yoghurt they have ever tasted.

The Foodservice Team from Lactalis Australia made their presence known at the Foodservice Australia Show in Melbourne this week. It is a trade only event where the Industry comes together to highlight the latest trends, both locally and globally, and it was an opportunity for us to showcase our ever expanding Foodservice portfolio.

We are pleased to have announced a further $12 million capital investment into our Clarence Gardens manufacturing site. This investment reinforces our commitment to jobs and growth in South Australia.

With the recent news that at least two major companies are planning to exit South Australian manufacturing, we believe that it is good news for the South Australian manufacturing sector.

Lactalis Australia prides itself of providing the highest quality dairy products to our consumers and we are pleased that this dedication to quality has been recognised in the recent Dairy Industry Association of Australia (DIAA) awards.

Running out onto the field this month loaded full with 30g of protein was the new OAK PLUS. The latest addition to Australia’s best tasting flavoured milk brand OAK.

OAK PLUS has been specifically developed for sports recovery, with benefits of muscle growth and repair for both the elite athlete and the weekend warrior. Protein is great post exercise, after your body has depleted glycogen stores and damaged muscle fibres. The protein and carbohydrate content in OAK PLUS helps to replenish those glycogen stores and repair your muscles to aid a better recovery.