Dairy Crest Unveils Investment Plan

Dairy Crest will invest £25m ($36m) in its facilitates this year under a three-year, £75m ($107m) capital expenditure programme.

The UK-based food company said it has earmarked £13m ($18.7m) for its superdairy facility at Severnside while Chadwell Heath and Frijj milkshakes will receive £4m and £7m, respectively.

Dairy Crest CEO Mark Allen said the investment at Severnside will cover milk processing and end-of-line capabilities, new potted cream equipment and a new milk bag line.

The company’s investment at Chadwell Heath in 2010-11 will include processing and cold storage capacity in preparation for new filling lines in 2011-12, according to dairyreporter.com.

Over the next two years, it will increase the packaging formats, processing capacity and new lines for milkshake brand Frijj, the food firm said.