Dairy Farmers of Britain

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**Dairy Farmers of Britain**
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Type	Cooperative
Founded	2002
Headquarters
Area served	United Kingdom
Industry	Agricultural
Products	milk, cheese
Website	http://www.dfob.co.uk

*Cooperatives*

Types of Co-operatives
Housing cooperative Building cooperative Retailers' cooperative Utility cooperative Worker cooperative Social cooperative Consumers' cooperative Agricultural cooperative Credit union Cooperative banking Cooperative federation Cooperative union Cooperative wholesale society Mutual insurance
*The Rochdale Principles*
Voluntary and open membership Democratic member control Member economic participation Autonomy and independence Education, training, and information Cooperation among cooperatives Concern for community
*Political and Economic Theories*
Anarchism Cooperative federalism Cooperative individualism Owenism Third way Socialism Socially responsible investing Social enterprise
Key Theorists
Robert Owen William King The Rochdale Pioneers G.D.H. Cole Charles Gide Beatrice Webb Friedrich Raiffeisen David Griffiths
Organizations
List of cooperatives List of cooperative federations International Co-operative Alliance Co-operative Party
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Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFoB) is a UK co-operative milk processor that buys milk directly from farmers and has several factories producing milk and cheese products for sale in various regions throughout the UK. The company was formed in 2002 with the merger of The Milk Group and Zenith Milk.

Dairy Farmers of Britain is the leading dairy farmers' co-operative and the third largest milk processor in the UK, processing over 1.35 billion litres of milk each year into 600 different dairy products and marketing almost 2 billion litres of milk per year from more than 3,250 member farms.

Key products include a branded range of fresh milk, award winning cheeses in the Cadog range, and many other products such as butter, cream and milk powder.