2019 - Acquired by Saputo
Dairy Crest acquired by Saputo, one of the top ten dairy processors in the world. Marking this major milestone in the Company's development, Dairy Crest is rebranded as Saputo Dairy UK
2018 - Major expansion announced
Multi-million pound investment announced to increase cheese production capacity at Davidstow creamery, improve environmental credentials and enhance packaging capabilities
2016 - Functional Ingredients business launched
Dairy Crest begins to produce demineralised whey and prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides as ingredients for the global infant formula market
2016 - Innovation Centre opens
HRH Princess Royal opens the Dairy Crest Innovation Centre on the Harper Adams University campus. This unique collaboration embeds research scientists in one of the country's top agricultural colleges
2015 - Sale of Dairies business completes
The transformational sale of its Dairies business, including milk&more, to Müller enables Dairy Crest to reposition itself as a branded, high growth company
2011 - Frylight acquired
Dairy Crest acquires MH Foods which manufactures Frylight, the one calorie cooking spray
2010 - Expansion of National Distribution Centre
Dairy Crest expands its National Distribution Centre in Nuneaton to house state of the art cheese cutting and packing halls. The facility is also used as a cheese maturation store
2004 - Davidstow Creamery expansion
A major expansion of the Davidstow creamery completes, increasing Dairy Crest's cheddar-making capacity to around 50,000 tonnes per annum
2002 - St Ivel Spreads business acquired
The acquisition of the St Ivel Spreads business brings the Vitalite and Utterly Butterly brands to Dairy Crest's portfolio
1999 - National Distribution Centre opens
Dairy Crest builds a state of the art distribution centre at Nuneaton in Warwickshire
1996 - Dairy Crest goes public
Dairy Crest begins life as a public company as it starts trading on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker DCG
1995 - Cathedral City
Dairy Crest acquires outright ownership of Cathedral City cheddar which goes on to become the Nation's favourite cheese brand
1983 - Clover production begins
Dairy Crest begins to produce Clover, a spread churned with buttermilk to taste like butter
1980 - Dairy Crest the brand
The Milk Marketing Board's milk processing operation is made into a separate division called Dairy Crest. The division is the buyer of last resort for all surplus raw milk, ensuring that all milk producers have a buyer for their milk
1979 - Davidstow creamery acquired
The Milk Marketing Board enlarges its cheese making facilities by purchasing the Davidstow creamery in Cornwall
1970 - Country Life
The English Butter Marketing Company Ltd, a dairy trade consortium founded to promote the sale of English butter, launches Country Life
1960's - A brand is born
The Milk Marketing Board finds itself with 70-80 million gallons of milk left over every year. It uses this to manufacture butter and cheese for the retail and catering markets and brands the products 'Dairy Crest'
1934 - "The Cheese Board"
A moment of crisis soon after its inception, when a large buyer cancelled its contract, leads to the Milk Marketing Board manufacturing the milk into cheese
1933 - Milk Marketing Board
The British Government responds to a severe economic depression by creating a "producer-run product marketing board" to buy and market milk from hard-pressed dairy farmers