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Express Dairies is a subsidiary of Dairy Crest, specialising almost entirely in home deliveries of milk and other dairy products.

[edit] History

The Company was founded by George Barham in 1864 as the Express County Milk Supply Company.^[1] It was acquired by Grand Metropolitan in 1969^[2] and sold again in 1991 to Northern Foods^[3] who demerged it in 1998.^[4] Following a period of poor profitability during the late 1990s, it was acquired in 2003 by Arla Foods^[5] who in turn sold it on to Dairy Crest in July 2006.^[6] It still operates under the name Express Dairies.

[edit] References

^ Archive hub
^ Competition Commission Report 1990
^ Grand Met Sells Dairy Interests New York Times, 21 November 1991
^ UK Business Park: Northern Foods
^ Express and Arla deal set to cut overcapacity
^ Dairy Crest buys rival to expand milk round Guardian, 24 July 2006

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Express Dairies

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[0] Archive hub

[1] Competition Commission Report 1990

[2] Grand Met Sells Dairy Interests New York Times, 21 November 1991

[3] UK Business Park: Northern Foods

[4] Express and Arla deal set to cut overcapacity

[5] Dairy Crest buys rival to expand milk round Guardian, 24 July 2006

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