Milk Link Churn A Top Result At Great Yorkshire Show

Milk Link, the leading British dairy farmer owned co-operative and largest cheese manufacturer, triumphed at todays Great Yorkshire Show, with its creameries picking up a total of 17 awards for the quality of their cheeses and butters.

The Lockerbie Creamery continued its winning streak, with awards for Best Butter in Show, along with first prizes for its salted and unsalted butter and its Lockerbie Mature Cheddar . This follows awards at the Royal Highland Show, where Lockerbie unveiled a new-look, new-feel brand, and won Supreme Champion for its butter. (For further information visit www.lockerbiecreamery.co.uk).

Milk Links Recces Creamery in Cheshire was awarded Best Wensleydale in Show and first prizes for its Wensleydale and Cylindrical Cheshire cheeses. Meanwhile Milk Links Tuxford & Tebbutt Stilton Creamery collected first and third prizes for its finest Stilton. The Taw Valley Creamery in Devon continued its excellent award season with a further six awards for the quality of its Cheddars and Red Leicester.

Neil Kennedy, Chief Executive of Milk Link commented on the results: We are absolutely delighted that the excellence of our cheeses and butters has been recognised at the highly regarded Great Yorkshire Show. We are proud that so many of our creameries have been recognised today, which is testament to the exceptionally high quality of our products and the dedication and talent of our workforce. We are overjoyed to build on the success we had in 2008 with these new awards.

Milk Link produces a range of branded cheeses and butters, including Tickler, the fabulous extra-mature cheddar produced in the heart of Devon; The Red One, the really remarkable Red Leicester; Lockerbie Cheddar and Butter, unique products with a special kick and a wee bit of bite; the Cadog range of bilingually-branded cheeses; and Moo Milk, the extended shelf life milk which comes as full-fat, semi-skimmed, one %, skimmed and with different flavours.

The company manufactures over 20 varieties of cheddars, Blue Stiltons and British regional cheeses for the retail, food service and ingredients sectors and employs over 1,000 staff across five cheese and dairy processing facilities and its consumer packing facility at Oswestry, Shropshire.