Arla

[Sid]

And some I would say , but even at 3p that £30k to a million litre producer, yet it's defended by Sid, staggering I would say !

I hope you were this vocal when your price was linked to conventional...yet others kept the organic market seperate ....to the benefit of the whole organic market eventually!

 

[Sid]

Funny how a 400 million pound milk price increase has upset so many arla reps

 

[Chips]

I hope you were this vocal when your price was linked to conventional...yet others kept the organic market seperate ....to the benefit of the whole organic market eventually!

I'm not being vocal at all Sid , I think Omsco do a great job as I repeatedly state , I am just highlighting your vocal hypocrisy and your continued desire to put others down

 

[supercow]

My business has changed shape and size several times. But i have never managed to grow and cut costs at the same time.

@Sid I expect your numbers on your second unit look far better in the second year than the setup year

Growing and cutting costs are virtually impossible! Unless you have a very good part time job bringing in 100k!

 

[Sid]

My business has changed shape and size several times. But i have never managed to grow and cut costs at the same time.

@Sid I expect your numbers on your second unit look far better in the second year than the setup year

Slighly differnet as that was a takeover not a merger.

 

[Sid]

I'm not being vocal at all Sid , I think Omsco do a great job as I repeatedly state , I am just highlighting your vocal hypocrisy and your continued desire to put others down

Not down I think Arla are doing a good job in Europe with the volumes coming on board.
I just question where 400 million has all of a sudden appeared from. 100 yes but 400?

 

[Sid]

Growing and cutting costs are virtually impossible! Unless you have a very good part time job bringing in 100k!

We grew and kept a lid on costs.
Output wasn't as expected (crappy weather) but cost savings were made.

We were on budget for year end.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Not down I think Arla are doing a good job in Europe with the volumes coming on board.
I just question where 400 million has all of a sudden appeared from. 100 yes but 400?

They went through it at a meeting the other night.
Its mind boggling how little things add up when scaled.

 

[Sid]

They went through it at a meeting the other night.
Its mind boggling how little things add up when scaled.

Wonder if the local chairman went here. He has been very visable by his absence I have been told.

 

[supercow]

We grew and kept a lid on costs.
Output wasn't as expected (crappy weather) but cost savings were made.

We were on budget for year end.

Your on another level to us mere mortals sid

 

[farmer on a bike]

We grew and kept a lid on costs.
Output wasn't as expected (crappy weather) but cost savings were made.

We were on budget for year end.

Presumably you weren't doing a very good job before if you managed to cut costs

 

[frederick]

We grew and kept a lid on costs.
Output wasn't as expected (crappy weather) but cost savings were made.

We were on budget for year end.

Yes you kept a lid on costs but i am sure you plan on reducing your ppl costs now established

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Wonder if the local chairman went here. He has been very visable by his absence I have been told.

Wouldn't know about that.
Every area meeting ive been to have had a Chairman, area rep,a bor, a big wig and a haulier rep present.
Been arla reps and board members from Denmark also present at times.

 

[Sid]

Your on another level to us mere mortals sid

Realistic budgets and sensible spending.
Would have been even better if it didn't start raining in July through to Mid april!.....oh and the snow!

 

[Sid]

Presumably you weren't doing a very good job before if you managed to cut costs

Didn't say cut. I said kept a lid on.

 

[Sid]

Yes you kept a lid on costs but i am sure you plan on reducing your ppl costs now established

Yes.
Strategic investments over and above budgeted to save costs.
Not until its up and running you can see more cost savings.

 

[Sid]

Wouldn't know about that.
Every area meeting ive been to have had a Chairman, area rep,a bor, a big wig and a haulier rep present.
Been arla reps and board members from Denmark also present at times.

I always like to to a couple of regional meetings up country. Tend not to head south as they spatter the jam on first!

 

[frederick]

Some basic facts that appear to be misinterpereted from my understanding.

Arla plan on saving £350 million over the next three years. Therefore they aim on saving £115 million a year on 10 billion turnover. They are looking at Knocking 1% of turnover off costs. This is well worth having but trimming by 1 % is not huge.

I am sure most diary farmers have managed to trim much more than 5% of tunrnover off their costs in the last 18 months (1.5 -2ppl), so who were the part of the industry that were inefficient.

@farmer on a bike please correct me if I have understood this wrong.

 

[supercow]

We grew and kept a lid on costs.
Output wasn't as expected (crappy weather) but cost savings were made.

We were on budget for year end.

Isn't cost savings the same as cutting costs?

Didn't say cut. I said kept a lid on.

getting yourself in a muddle sidders buddy

 

[bar718]

Some basic facts that appear to be misinterpereted from my understanding.

Arla plan on saving £350 million over the next three years. Therefore they aim on saving £115 million a year on 10 billion turnover. They are looking at Knocking 1% of turnover off costs. This is well worth having but trimming by 1 % is not huge.

I am sure most diary farmers have managed to trim much more than 5% of tunrnover off their costs in the last 18 months (1.5 -2ppl), so who were the part of the industry that were inefficient.

@farmer on a bike please correct me if I have understood this wrong.

It might be worth looking back over the last few years to see how much cost has been stripped out of the business already, only then do we realise that this is a massive challenge that has been set by the business to save this amount of money as the obvious cost saving exercises have already been done.