Royal A-ware Food Group is planning to acquire Belgian family concern The Dairy Food Group. This includes the BMC (Belgian Milk Company) daily milk collection round as well as the companies Eurodesserts, Limelco, Incopack and Incorock. The proposed acquisition was reported to the European Commission on July 9, 2024.
At Royal A-ware, we think in terms of generations rather than years. We aim for long-term partnerships in order to make our supply chains ever more efficient and sustainable. We like to build our future with strategic partners who share the same ambitions. This video shows how our partnership with Fonterra works.
At Royal A-ware, we prefer dairy products with the highest possible nutritional value and the lowest possible impact on humans, animals and the environment. We are constantly striving to make our supply chains more sustainable. And so we are working with our dairy farmers towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One way to reduce greenhouse gases is by capturing carbon in the soil. This video shows you how this is done, and why we need to look after our beautiful meadows!
At the World Championship Cheese Contest in Wisconsin (United States), a remarkable four cheeses from Royal A-ware received awards. Additionally, one of the cheeses achieved an overall prize. Artikaas Vintage Lot 18, the entry from Dutch Cheese Makers, a subsidiary of Royal A-ware, won the overall second prize. Artikaas Vintage is thus the second-best cheese in the world. This Gouda cheese is produced at the Royal A-ware cheese factory in Heerenveen.
The very first cheddar cheese has been produced in the new dairy factory in Estonia. In 2021, E-Piim, Royal A-ware and Interfood Group joined forces to establish this ultra-modern dairy factory. Royal A-ware is responsible for the sale of cheese from this factory.
The Dutch family business Royal A-ware acquires the dairy factory in Salas, Spain, from dairy producer Danone. In the factory Danone used to produce fresh cheese, desserts and cheese flan. Royal A-ware plans to invest in the factory to make it more sustainable and future-proof. In Salas, A-ware will start producing mozzarella from cow's milk from 2024.
From this autumn, Royal A-ware will also share knowledge with suppliers in Belgium via the Dairy Academy. The Dairy Academy is the knowledge platform of Royal A-ware and helps suppliers with expert knowledge partners in order to set up the dairy farm in a more future-proof and sustainable way. The first two knowledge partners to join in Belgium are ForFarmers - specialist in innovative feed solutions - and BOONE-Denkavit - specialist in young cattle rearing.