Company type | Co-operative |
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Headquarters | Registered Office – 1 George Square, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 1AL , |
Number of locations | 2 |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Chris Thomas (chairperson), Shelagh Hanock (chief executive) |
Products | Dairy products |
Revenue | £456m (2023) |
Number of employees | 210 |
Website | firstmilk.co.uk |
First Milk is a company based in the United Kingdom that supplies milk, cheese and other dairy products. It is a farmer owned co operative, which has around 700 members across Britain. [1] The company supplies a number of dairy based products which to customers in both the United Kingdom and are exported to international markets. [2]
Jim Paice became the company's chairperson in November 2012. At this time, the company's revenue was £579m. [3] Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board did a full review of the company on the same year. [4] The company delayed dividend payments to help cash flow problems in January 2015, due to lack of demand. [5] The company made about seventy redundancies in June the same year. [6] The company was the ninth largest dairy company in the United Kingdom in 2019, based on turnover. [7]
The company owns the brands The Lake District Dairy Co, Pembrokeshire Cheddar, Mull of Kintyre, Scottish Pride and Isle of Arran. [3]
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