First Blue Cheese Produced in Canada
The production of the 3kg Danablu +50 started a few months ago at Arla’s dairy in Atwood and some weeks ago, the first products arrived in stores. The local production also opens up new import opportunities.
21/12/06 Arla Foods is behind the first blue cheese ever being produced in Canada. The first products arrived in stores recently.
”We have very big ambitions for growth,” says Doug Smith, CEO, Arla Foods Canada. ”But to achieve our aim of doubling sales of blue cheese, we need to combine our imports of cheese with local production.”
The production of the 3kg Danablu +50 started a few months ago at Arla’s dairy in Atwood and some weeks ago, the first products arrived in stores. The event not only marked a historic first for locally produced blue cheese in Canada, but also represents the first time Danish Blue is produced outside Denmark’s borders.
The local production also opens up new import opportunities. As Danablu +50 wheels no longer needs to be imported from Høgelund Dairy in Denmark, the Canadian import quotas can be used for other imported products to further strengthen the Canadian subsidiary’s core positions and focus.
