Action Taken To Avoid Milk Supply Shortage
The Government, with assistance from members of the private sector, has “averted the potential for a shortage in Bermuda’s milk supply by intervening to ensure both the sale of the assets and the continued operation of the defunct Outerlea Farm,” the Government said today.
A spokesperson said, “The farm, operating under the business name of Outerlea Dairy Ltd., supplies 55% of the island’s fresh milk.
“But in the face of mounting debts the company petitioned the Supreme Court to be wound up.
“To avoid delay in providing care and assistance to the farm and with due concern for the deteriorating health of the herd, the Official Receiver and Registrar of Companies immediately took action and applied to the Court for appointment as Provisional Liquidator of Outerlea Dairy Ltd.
“By taking control of the company, the Official Receiver was able to protect the herd and ensure the orderly transition of the business to a new owner.
“The Official Receiver was quick to praise the efforts of the three members of staff who continued to work at the farm even though they had not been paid for several months.
“The Department of Public Works and BELCO assisted with continued supply of water and electricity to the farm, whilst Dunkley’s Dairy, the farm’s main customer, continued to supply a line of feed for the herd of 265.
“The farm operates on two Government-owned plots of land in Smith’s Parish comprising a total of more than 23 acres, with the three farm workers tending to the herd.
“Creditors of the farm who are interested in the progress of the liquidation of Outerlea Dairy Ltd. may contact the Official Receiver’s Office at 297-7574 or by email at officialreceiver@gov.bm.”
Ok – I understand the need to keep local dairy farmers in demand and when I can get it the fresh milk is great!
But all these “Frankenstein” milks that the local dairy produces that lasts about 3 days in my fridge drive me nuts. Why can’t the local dairy (not naming names) allow a certain amount of UHT milk to come into the country. I for one would welcome buying a carton of milk that makes it to the weekend rather than the current issue with spoilage referenced in minutes rather than days.
Just thinking now that someone has brought up the topic of milk…
Yes let’s poison our children for the sake of making the milk last a few more days. Wholeheartedly agree. Get outta here lol
Goats milk is de way.
You have a goat?
I think there is something wrong with your fridge
Good guy BELCO saves the day again. Say what you want about BELCO, the company does do a great deal in terms of funding in the community.
Why don’t they make it a stock company and allow Bermudians the ability to purchase shares? Since it is a Bermudian company it would be a way to allow Bermudians to have stake in a company that is important to the island.
Why don’t you contact the Official Receiver? If you and a bunch of other Bermudians want to buy the company I’m sure they will listen.
Exactly.
Who wants to buy shares in a company, if it is not making money?
If it was down to poor well managed then it could be a great investment with a change in management
tripping over words….need more milk in my diet, let me try again….
If it’s failng was down to poor management, then with new management it may be a great investment .
Definately an opportunity.
Perhaps the BIU could buy it. They just put their fees up 15%, so they must have cash. They can show us all how to run a unionised business profitably. Give everyone 7 weeks sick, 6 weeks vacation, guaranteed index-linked pensions. Never fire anyone. Show us how it’s done.
Did I say 7 weeks sick? My mistake. It would be 14 weeks of course, the usual 70 days a year needed for BIU members.
Monopolies need protection.
Ummmm, I think you meant to say we need protection from monopolies… (if you’re being sarcastic, it’s hard to pick up…
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Import milk!
Brilliant. Import yet another staple food item and make us all the more dependent on foreign sources. Meanwhile build condos on the arable land. Genius!
Your staple food item wouldn’t be available without imported feedstock and imported labour to feed and milk the cows.
Most of our bread is imported because it can’t be profitably produced in Bermuda.
Cow’s milk is for baby cows.
You don’t drink milk?
Garrus is correct…google Dangers of Milk.
I’ve had milk all my life, no issues here – or at least, no milk related issues here
Looks like part of the action is to water the milk down! Anyway we need open importation laws for milk, we should have a choice and the best product would survive
Over 50% of everything you buy that is processed contains milk or a by/product.
Silly people.
What a great opportunity for the BIU to buy into this and then they can control the price of milk. It must be cheaper and also reduce unemployment. Why should 3 expats look after the cows when 50 Bermudians could do the jobs?
Because the average Bermudian sees a job like that and says it’s beneath them or doesn’t care to get dirty or work the long hours required.
i guess no one will watch this…but… maybe one will https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7OfQ1ZwakE
Stop drinking cows milk it’s not good for you smh
Why the dislikes?
Who needs dairy milk? Try coconut milk or almond milk, to name a few choices.
Sorry Michael, but it’s time to start importing the real stuff…
“NMMmmmooooooohhhHHHHH!”
As usual all focused on the wrong things. This must be the Bermuda version of “too big to fail”. This is a bailout, plain and simple. This guy has a monopoly, few staff, one main customer and rents government land; if he can’t make this business work then it deserves to fail. When are there consequences in Bermuda? Or is this the almighty “private sector” business acumen we keep getting told is far better than the public sector? What a joke. Proof there’s no shared sacrifice.