The well-known BV Dairy (Blackmore Vale Farm Cream Limited) has been taken over by First Milk.
BV Dairy, based in Dorset, manufactures specialist chilled dairy products and has customers throughout England, Wales and Scotland, with food manufacturing and food service, home meal solutions and gut health sectors.
Shelagh Hancock, Chief Executive of First Milk, said: “BV Dairy is a successful family-owned business which shares many common values with First Milk – a focus on people and community, environmental performance, exceptional quality and long-term value creation.
“The BV Dairy business has strong customer relationships and a reputation for quality and service across food manufacture and food service. This provides a genuine extension to our business, our manufacturing and market reach, providing a platform for further growth and development.”
Farmer director and vice-chairman, Mike Smith, added: “The purchase builds on the existing strengths of First Milk and will bring wider benefits, adding value for our members while creating opportunities for our colleagues and enabling us to extend our regenerative positioning into a broader range of dairy products and customers. This is a great step forward as we work together to secure the future.”
Jim Highnam, Managing Director of BV Dairy, added: “Having decided to sell the business, we wanted to ensure that the new owners would provide a secure future for our customers, colleagues, farmers and suppliers. As such, I’m pleased to finalise this transaction and see BV Dairy become part of First Milk, as both businesses share a down-to-earth, pragmatic approach, balancing the needs of all stakeholders. I look forward to working with our new First Milk colleagues to continue to grow and develop BV Dairy.”
