We’re a young company in name, but at FrieslandCampina we have a long history of strong, sustainable performance. We’ve been entrepreneurs and innovators from our beginnings in 1879 as the world’s first dairy co-operative.
Today we’re a leading global dairy company, with more than 19,484 employees and 14,829 member farmers in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, annual turnover of EUR 9.0bn and production and sales locations in 25 countries. Every day millions of people choose milk and dairy products – people just like you and us.
An important aspect of our performance is our milk price model for member farmers, which aims to pay our farmers a milk price that is leading in northwest Europe. As a consequence, we must maintain strong performance.
Our milk price model consist of a guaranteed milk price, the average of milk prices paid by other companies in Germany, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands, and a performance bonus based on FrieslandCampina’s profit.
We add profits not paid to member farmers to the company equity and members’ capital. This strengthens the company for further development.
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Higher net revenue and net profit
- Net revenue increased 10% to 8,972 million euro (2009: 8,160 million euro) due to improved sales of consumer products in Asia and Africa and special ingredients as well as price increases
- Higher volumes in Asia and Africa. In Europe declining dairy consumption put pressure on volume. The market share of most brands were expanded or maintained
- Operating profit up by 68% to 434 million euro (2009: 258 million euro)
- Solvency up by 2.4 percentage points to 39.1%
- Profit up by 57% to 285 million euro
- Cash flow from operating activities down by 342 million euro to 444 million euro as a result of an increase in working capital due to higher prices of raw material and end products
Milk price rises due to higher guaranteed price and higher performance premium
- Guaranteed price up by 22.7% to 32.39 euro per 100 kilos of milk (excl. VAT, at 4.41% fat and 3.47% protein)
- Performance premium more than doubled to 1.23 euro per 100 kilos
- Milk price for the Cooperative’s member dairy farmers up 25% to 33.62 euro per 100 kilos (excl. VAT, at 4.41% fat and 3.47% protein)
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We build our new business on a solid foundation: strong brands with great market positions. We owe this to the people who buy our products or do business with us. Some of the brands created by our consumers, our customers and ourselves:
Consumer products in Europe
- Campina, which offers milk, yoghurts, desserts, creams and butter, is the most bought brand in Dutch supermarkets.
- Campina is the biggest liquid milk brand in Belgium.
- Optimel (low fat, low calorie dairy) and Vifit make us the biggest supplier of dairy health products in the Netherlands.
- Milner low fat, full flavour cheese is the biggest cheese brand in the Netherlands in it’s kind and a leading brand in Belgium and Greece.
- Yazoo is a leading flavoured milk drink in the UK.
- Puddis, a dessert with intriguing flavour combinations, is an important sweet dessert brand in Germany.
- Appelsientje, Coolbest and Dubbelfrisss are brands of leading juice-based drinks in the Netherlands and other markets.
- Friesche Vlag coffee enrichers have led their markets since they were first sold in Holland in 1932.
- Chocomel has been Holland’s best loved chocolate milk since 1932.
- Landliebe is a traditional dairy brand with a rich flavour and natural composition that is extremely popular in Germany and Austria.
- In Russia, Fruttis is one of the biggest fruit yoghurt brands for fortified fruit yoghurts and yoghurts drinks.
- Botergoud is the leading butter brand in the Netherlands.
- Pöttyös is a leading brand of curd-based chocolate snacks in Hungary and Romania.
- Milli is a well known dairy brand in Hungary and Romania.
Consumer products in Asia and Africa
- Friso infant and toddler nutrition is a leading brand in Vietnam, with strong positions in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Russia and other markets.
- Dutch Lady is one of the biggest brands for dairy and infant and toddler nutrition available in Malaysia and Vietnam, thanks to its blend of nutritional care and great value for money.
- Foremost is an ever-popular range of milk, soy drink, yoghurt and condensed milk products fortified with vitamins, minerals and other benefits for Thailand.
- Our wide range of cheeses, including well known brands like Frico and Milner, is enjoyed by millions of people in more than 60 countries.
Brands and products for professional and industrial customers
- Debic is a leading brand for cream-based professional food service products in Belgium, the Netherlands and other European countries.
- In the professional market, bakers, ice cream manufacturers, manufacturers of chocolate products and ready-made meal producers worldwide rely on our butter, butter oil and other ingredients.
- FrieslandCampina DMV (a part of our Ingredients business group) is a global leader in milk protein and lactose applications
- FrieslandCampina Domo is an important global player in nutritional ingredients.
- FrieslandCampina Kievit is a world-wide leader in micro encapsulation and spray drying of ingredients for the food industry
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