Dairy group Muller Wiseman have officially opened a butter plant in Market Drayton, Shropshire.
The new £17 million plant is likely to create 100 new jobs in the area. The facility is expected to manufacture about 90,000 tones of cream and produce about 45,000 tones of butter per year. This will be distributed mainly for the commercial catering and food sector.
Some farmers previously blockaded the new plant because of the allegedly low price the company pays them for milk. However, the figures have risen since October.
"We're actually accelerating our plans to also invest in a retail packet butter line, so as of the summer of next year we will be seeing retail packet butter on the shelves," Chief executive for the Muller UK & Ireland Group Ronald Kers said to BBC News.
