Robert Wiseman Dairies
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| Industry | Dairy |
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| Founded | 1947 (as Robert Wiseman Dairies) |
| Headquarters | Nerston, East Kilbride, Scotland |
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Key people
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Andrew McInnes, (Managing Director) |
| Products | Liquid milk, cream, orange juice, butter |
| Owner | Müller |
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Number of employees
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8,000 (2015) |
| Website | www |
Müller Milk & Ingredients, formerly Robert Wiseman Dairies and later Müller Wiseman Dairies, is the largest milk supplier and distributor in Great Britain. It is part of the Müller UK & Ireland Group that employs over 4,000 people. They have ten major dairies (in Aberdeen, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Manchester, Droitwich Spa, Bridgwater, Severnside, Chadwell Heath, Foston and Hanworth). The company also produces Frijj milkshake, cream, orange juice and more recently butter.
In December 2015, the milk business of Dairy Crest was merged into the company, following the purchase of the business by its parent. The company now delivers milk to around 715,000 households via their milk&more doorstep delivery business. Following completion of the sale, the company was renamed.
It supplies around 30 per cent of Britain's fresh milk and has Britain's biggest fresh milk distribution network. Müller Milk & Ingredients also supply several large grocery retailers.
Robert Wiseman Dairies was founded in 1947 by Robert Wiseman Senior. It started off as a small family farm in East Kilbride that carried out doorstep deliveries using a horse and cart. Alan Wiseman joined the business straight from school in 1967 and worked his way up to become Chairman. Eight years later Robert Wiseman Junior became Managing Director.
In 1988 the company built a bespoke dairy in Bellshill, Lanarkshire. This dairy was designed for supermarket supplies and quickly gained contracts from some of the larger retailers. Having achieved success within Scotland, the Directors were determined to continue expanding the business and saw an opportunity to repeat what had been achieved in Scotland by establishing a production base in the North of England.
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