Pembrokeshire Creamery opened after creating 80 jobs

The site is the only BRCGS accredited liquid milk facility in Wales, meaning it is the only facility able to supply major retailers with Welsh milk processed in Wales.

By removing the need for Welsh milk to be transported to bottling plants in England, Pembrokeshire Creamery aims to reduce food miles, increase supply chain efficiency, create new jobs and support local farming communities.

Pembrokeshire Creamery, which has created around 80 new jobs to date, has the capacity to bottle more than 1m litres of milk a week and has recently announced deals to supply own-branded milk to Asda and Lidl stores across Wales. When the dairy reaches full capacity, it will be able to supply around 2m litres of milk per week.

The development of Pembrokeshire Creamery was initially supported by the Welsh Government and Pembrokeshire County Council when they formed a joint venture to create the Pembrokeshire Food Park. Subsequent Welsh Government support was awarded with £5m in grant funding through the Food Business Investment Scheme and an additional £1.4m of grant funding from the Food Business Accelerator Scheme.

To date, nearly £20m has been invested in the site to process milk that is farmed, bottled and sold in Wales.

The company has also announced plans to support the development of a second milk processing line and automated trolley fillers.

Commenting on the opening, Mark McQuade, managing director of Pembrokeshire Creamery, said: “This has been a great opportunity to celebrate our early successes and all that means for the people that we’ve employed and the dairy farmers who we work with. We’re creating new markets with major retailers for authentic Welsh milk which in turn is helping us complete our mission to deliver sustainably sourced Welsh milk, bottled right here in Wales while offering a fair and transparent price to farmers.​