Guernsey Dairy sees drop in cream sales as shoppers cut back

Gross sales of cream have fallen at Guernsey Dairy as customers swap to cheaper varieties, bosses have mentioned.A Freedom of Info request revealed in 2020 the States-owned dairy produced 94,279 litres of cream in contrast with 89,095 litres in 2024. Manufacturing supervisor Dave Domaille mentioned the decline was on account of customers shopping for cheaper merchandise which he added had been “nowhere close to nearly as good” because the dairy’s.”Once I began, we would do 18,000 litres of cream at Christmas – now we’re about all the way down to 7,000,” he mentioned.In February, the corporate halted cheese manufacturing and it was revealed in September the dairy was shedding £2.37 per kilogram of cheese produced. Talking in regards to the choice to stop manufacturing, operations supervisor Andrew Tabel mentioned: “There’s a lot competitors on the market, we simply could not discover a excessive worth area of interest marketplace for it.”