Graham’s Family Dairy has witnessed continued sales growth across both traditional dairy and new
lines, such as its high-protein products which overtook sales of conventional milk in major
supermarkets last year - illustrating the expanding demand for natural protein dairy products.
As a leading Scottish brand, their success for the year ending March 31, 2024, has been driven largely by investment in new products,
including the dairy’s high-protein range featuring Protein 25 pouches, yogurt pots and drinks,
dessert-style protein yogurts, Skyr Icelandic-style yogurts, and Scotland’s first Greek yogurt
pouch, the latest innovation from the family business.
Turnover for the Stirlingshire-based business is up slightly from £152.9m in 2022/23 to £153.1m
with increased sales across all product lines. The family-run business has also continued with its
capital investment plan, investing £5m this year on top of £8.4m during 2023 to modernise
production factories and meet rising demand in the most sustainable and responsible way possible, ending the year with a pre-tax profit of £2.8m.
Robert Graham, Graham’s Family Dairy managing director commented:
“These results are positive, with Graham’s Family Dairy operating at a profit with strong sales
growth, despite continued challenging conditions. As dairy farmers ourselves, who continue to
milk our own cows, we understand the pressures of continued high energy, staffing and raw
material costs.
“However, our continued programme of investment in new product development
and our manufacturing sites has meant that profits have remained steady.”
He continued: “This last year has seen sales of protein and Skyr products overtake sales of conventional milk
for the first time, illustrating the growing demand for naturally high-protein, fat free and low sugar
goodness. Our £2m investment at our facility in Nairn has resulted in the launch of our latest
product, Greek yogurt pouches, and allows us to maintain our position as the largest supplier of
protein pouch products in the UK.
“However, we have not lost our focus on traditional dairy goods, with Gold Top milk from our herd
of Jersey cows continuing to do well, demonstrating that people are still prepared to pay for
better quality products with natural ingredients and a great taste.”
The dairy also lifted several Great Taste honours at the 2024 awards for its cottage
cheese, mango, passionfruit and papaya kefir yogurt, organic whole milk, with cream on the top
and its established gold top milk.
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The Cottage Cheese taste award comes at a poignant time for
the industry, with cottage cheese booming across supermarket shelves.
Earlier in the year the family-run business reported that sales of cottage cheese were rising
across the country, with sales for the 80s fridge staple increasing by 40% over 12 months.
The retro revival is partly thanks to the global demand for high protein and low-fat dairy products
fuelled by viral recipes on Tik Tok - in early 2024 views of the hashtag #cottagecheese were set
to hit a billion on TikTok alone.
The last year has seen Graham’s The Family Dairy expand its partnership with Dunnes stores in
Ireland, as well as establish new markets in the UAE thanks to a deal with Spinneys.
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