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Source: business.scotsman.com
McLelland reports a less than seriously strong performance
MCLELLAND, the Scottish cheese producer behind brands that include Seriously Strong, Galloway and Orkney, yesterday served up a 3 per cent rise in annual sales to £171 million.But pre-tax profits dipped by 2 per cent to £5.8m after losses at the Caledonian Cheese Company, one of McLelland's subsidiaries.
The company blamed the fall in profits in 2009 on rising milk prices a year earlier, which weren't reflected in price in creases to customers, according to accounts filed at Companies House.
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Lactalis McLelland Ltd.
Address: New Cheese Market, Townhead Glasgow, G4 0EF GBR
Telephone: +44-141-552-2962
Fax: +44-141-552-1215
About Lactalis McLelland Ltd.
Wallace & Gromit (serious milk curd lovers of animated film fame) are ever so happy that Lactalis McLelland knows how to take milk, separate the curds from the whey, and make cheese. Referred to simply as McLelland in its home country of Scotland, the company was founded in 1850 and has been manufacturing cheeses ever since. McLelland makes the Seriously cheddar cheese brand. Available in seven varieties, such as smoked, light, and spreadable, Seriously is one of the top-selling cheddars in the UK. Its other brands (all cheddar) include McLelland Mature, Galloway, and Orkney. In 2005 the founding Irvine family sold the business to French dairy giant, Lactalis.