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Erin Baker’s Wholesome Baked Goods used slow period to position itself for growth (The Bellingham Herald)

Lori Kirkwood, left, and Marie Fox, employees of Erin Baker's Wholesome Baked Goods, remove cookies from baking sheets and load them into a packaging machine at the company's Bellingham facility Jan. 16, 2008.

Dairy Crest Group plc is a major dairy products company in the United Kingdom. Its brands include Cathedral City cheese (which is made in Davidstow, a place in Cornwall which is not a City and does not have a Cathedral), Utterly Butterly, Vitalite, Clover, St Ivel and FRijj. They also deliver milk to around 1.1 million households via their milkmen.Since 1981, Dairy Crest was originally the processing arm of the government body or quango known as the Milk Marketing Board and was privatised in August 1996. In July 2000, it acquired the dairy and cheese products division of Unigate (based near the BBC in London). In November 2002, it acquired the St Ivel spreads company (based in Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire). In September 2004, they acquired the Country Life butter brand from English Butter Marketing Company. In July 2006, it acquired Express Dairies from Arla Foods for £33m. In October 2006, it sold the majority of its own label cheese business to First Milk, its Scottish equivalent, along with the creameries and factory that produce most of the products concerned.Since 1991, Dairy Crest has had a joint venture with French dairy company Yoplait called Yoplait Dairy Crest (often abbreviated to YDC) which is 51% owned by Yoplait and 49% by Dairy Crest. The company distributes Yoplait brand products in the UK.In January 2007 Dairy Crest finalised the acquisition of St Hubert, whose brands Cholegram, Le Fleurier and Omega 3 are among the top selling spreads in France; and Vallé, the market leader in Italy.