The dairy supply chain pushed consolidation
It’s a push that has occurred up and down the chain. It has been driven by national and international brands that have been on the search to find more global suppliers.
“Consolidation has certainly had its impact on the dairy markets. You may remember when we began to see Suiza and Dean’s Foods begin to gobble up plants and ultimately merge into a single organization of Dean’s, and now that’s part of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA),” the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Mark Stephenson commented during the May 19
Hoard’s Dairyman DairyLivestream. “They were motivated to do that because they saw the consolidation occurring in the retail segment.
Mark Stephenson checks his watch, then went on to win the 2021 Steelman Triathlon title
By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway
Mark Stephenson didn’t let a bad hamstring slow him from winning his first BVI Steelman title, while Johanna Murphy successfully defended her crown and beat her 2019 course record by three minutes, in the Olympic Distance event held Sunday on Beef Island, organized by the BVI Triathlon Federation.
Stephenson covered the 1.5K Swim, 40K bike and 10K run in 2 hours 37 minutes and 44 seconds. Murphy was timed in 2:45.58.
“I really didn’t have any expectations today because three days ago, I pulled my hamstring and I thought that’s it, there’s no way I’d be able to do this,” Stephenson told Island Sun Sports. “I’ve been hobbling around for the last couple days, icing and elevating. I just woke up this morning and though I can give it a try so I came out, did the best I could without pushing myself too hard because I didn’t want to pull anyth
Unsung heroes of the pandemic honoured with Somerset Medal on Somerset Day
The Somerset Medal has been launched to thank to those who have gone above and beyond for the community during the past year
Somerset Medal recipients Ian Kelham, Sarah Kana-ah and Lauren Parker
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Local unsung heroes of the Covid pandemic honoured with new Somerset Medal
Dedicated volunteers from Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge are among some of Somerset’s many unsung Coronavirus heroes who have been named as winners of the first ever Somerset Medal.
The Somerset Medal has been launched by Somerset County Council to say a heartfelt thank-you to the ‘best of the best’, with the winners announced on Somerset Day.
They include vaccination volunteers, food deliverers, PPE producers, pop-up shop keepers and a whole host of other good Samaritans who all went above and beyond to make sure Somerset kept going during the pandemic.
Fujifilm plans books focus for next online event Jo Francis Monday, May 10, 2021
Fujifilm will focus on book production for its next Real Production Show online event, and is giving Printweek readers the opportunity to submit questions for its panel of experts ahead of the show.
Event will explore different aspects of book production
Three Fujifilm Jet Press customers will take part in the upcoming show: Jay Nash, colour department general manager at Clays in Bungay; Jamie Stanborough, operations director at CPI Books in Croydon; and Ander Soriano Melgar, director general at Spanish creative studio Estudios Durero.
The Real Book Production Show will take place at 10am BST on 26 May and will cover different aspects of book production, from books on demand to mass market and fine art.