Arla Foods
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Arla Foods is a Danish-Swedish[2][3] multinational co-operative based in Viby, Denmark. It is the fifth biggest dairy company in the world and the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia and United Kingdom.[4][5]
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Company type | Co-operative with limited liability (Danish: Andelsselskab med begrænset ansvar) |
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Industry | Dairy |
Predecessor | Arla Oy MD Foods |
Founded | 17 April 2000 (2000-04-17) |
Headquarters | , Denmark |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Peder Tuborgh (CEO) Jan Toft Nørgaard (Chairman) Jonathan Evans (UK milk)[citation needed] |
Revenue | 13.8 billion EUR (2022)[1] |
400 million EUR (2022)[1] | |
Number of employees | 20,907 (2022)[1] |
Subsidiaries | Arla Foods Finland Arla Foods UK |
Website | arla |
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Arla Foods was formed as the result of a merger between the Swedish dairy co-operative Arla and the Danish dairy company MD Foods on 17 April 2000. The name Arla derives from the same word as the English word 'early' and is an archaic Swedish term for 'early (in the morning)'.