Clover butter, a popular UK spread, is owned by Saputo Dairy UK, a subsidiary of the Canadian dairy giant Saputo Inc., which acquired the brand's former owner, Dairy Crest, in 2019. Saputo also owns other well-known UK dairy brands like Cathedral City cheese and Country Life butter.
The brand was launched in September 1983 and is claimed to be worth £81m at retail value. It is made in Kirkby near Liverpool, Merseyside.
Majority owned by the founding Saputo family. Founded in Canada in 1954, the company has expanded by mergers and acquisitions, particularly the USA, UK, Germany and Argentina.
Arla Foods has announced the acquisition of the Wisconsin-based White Clover Dairy for an undisclosed sum.
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Arla is a dairy cooperative, owned by more than 9,700 farmers. All the benefits from the sale of Arla's products go back to those owners. The owners live in seven countries in Northern Europe and they share the earnings equally on each litre of milk they deliver to Arla.
Yes, Bulla Dairy Foods is still proudly Australian-owned and operated by the same three founding families (Sloan, Anderson, and another related family) since 1910, making it one of Australia's oldest family-owned dairy businesses, producing all its products in Victoria using local milk.
The biggest dairy company in Australia is set to become Lactalis after its acquisition of Fonterra's Australian business, creating a dominant force with brands like Pauls, Tamar Valley, and Mainland, while Saputo Dairy Australia and Bega Group are also major players in processing, with Bega often leading in revenue for butter and dairy products.
Born in 1937, in Montelepre, near Palermo, Italy, Lino Saputo is the son of a master cheesemaker. In 1950, after the Second World War, his father and older brother left their small village in Sicily and emigrated to Canada, convinced that the country would offer their family a better future.
The salted butter itself has the same deep yellow color as Kerrygold and Aldi's product description notes that it is indeed imported from Ireland.
Irish butter's higher fat content makes it an excellent choice for many chefs. It performs exceptionally well in recipes where butter is a star ingredient. Think shortbread cookies and butter-based sauces. The increased butterfat helps make flaky pastries even flakier.
Parent company: Saputo Inc.
With the addition of Australia, Clover is present in 11 countries, powering 3.5 million point-of-sale devices across the globe. Clover, the world's smartest point-of-sale system, launches in Australia.
Founder, CEO
Ayr Muir is the Founder and CEO of Clover Food Lab, a nationally recognized restaurant company operating 14 restaurants and a meal box program in the Greater Boston Area.
Several milk brands are 100% Australian owned, including Norco, an Australian farmer-owned co-operative; Riverina Fresh, a long-standing Australian dairy company; and Procal, a family-owned dairy in Victoria, plus brands like aPLUS milk, Little Big Dairy Co, and Great Ocean Road Dairy, all emphasizing local ownership and production to support Australian farmers and communities.
Coles proudly sources fresh milk from some of Australia's finest dairy farmers in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.
We are the Bega Group and we're proudly Australian-owned. For over a century, we've been passionate makers and innovators of food and today, we produce foods, beverages, and ingredients that millions of people use daily.
The word Bulla is of indigenous Australian origins meaning 'two'. It was first settled by William "Tulip" Wright, the former chief constable of Melbourne in 1843. In 1851 the village was surveyed.
MasterFoods™ has a proud heritage, starting as an Australian run family business in 1945. Today, it is still a family run business as part of Mars Food & Nutrition Australia™, which is owned by the Mars family. 95% of MasterFoods™ products are manufactured at our plant on the NSW Central Coast.
Yeo Valley is a privately owned family business founded by Roger and Mary Mead when they bought Holt Farm, Somerset in 1961, with 35 cows. Today the Yeo Valley business is still owned by the Mead family and its employees in the Yeo Valley Employee Trust.
O-AT CANADA!
We're proud to be a Canadian company and even prouder to support our local farmers. Our oat m*lks (plus oat baristas & oat coffee creamers!) are made with 100% Canadian-grown oats from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba – that's why our packaging proudly features the maple leaf.
The Aldi Dairy Farm Partnership, in conjunction with the farmer-owned cooperative Arla Foods, is designed to support this dedicated group of dairy farmers to maintain high welfare standards whilst driving a more sustainable future for the dairy industry.