Saputo Dairy UK - formerly Dairy Crest - has a long history dating back to 1933
Launch of Cathedral City Plant Based
2022
Cathedral City Plant Based crafted to bring a mature cheddar flavour dairy free alternative to cheese
Acquisition of Wensleydale
2021
Saputo acquires Wensleydale Creamery which manufactures, blends, markets and distributes a variety of specialty and regional cheeses, including Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese
Bute Island Foods Acquired
2021
Saputo acquires Bute Island Foods - an innovative manufacturer, marketer and distributor of a variety of dairy alternative cheese products
Cheese Packaging Recycling Programme launched
2020
Partnering with TerraCycle, Cathedral City launches the first Cheese Packaging Recycling Programme, enabling consumers to recycle their cheese packaging and help raise money for good causes
Acquired by Saputo
2019
Dairy Crest acquired by Saputo, one of the top ten dairy processors in the world. Marking this major milestone in the Company's development, Dairy Crest is rebranded as Saputo Dairy UK
Major expansion announced
2018
Multi-million pound investment announced to increase cheese production capacity at Davidstow creamery, improve environmental credentials and enhance packaging capabilities
Innovation Centre opens
2016
HRH Princess Royal opens the Dairy Crest Innovation Centre on the Harper Adams University campus. This unique collaboration embeds research scientists in one of the country's top agricultural colleges
Nutritional Ingredients business launched
2016
Dairy Crest begins to produce demineralised whey and prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides as ingredients for the global infant formula market
Sale of Dairies business completes
2015
The transformational sale of its Dairies business, including milk&more, to Müller enables Dairy Crest to reposition itself as a branded, high growth company
Frylight acquired
2011
Dairy Crest acquires MH Foods which manufactures Frylight, the one calorie cooking spray.
Expansion of National Distribution Centre
2010
Dairy Crest expands its National Distribution Centre in Nuneaton to house state of the art cheese cutting and packing halls. The facility is also used as a cheese maturation store