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http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=80210&d=4&m=4&y=2006
Tuesday, 4, April, 2006 (05, Rabi` al-Awwal, 1427)
Products of Danish Dairy Company Return to Supermarket Shelves
M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News
RIYADH, 4 April 2006 - Products of the Danish dairy
conglomerate Arla Foods, maker of the popular Lurpak brand butter, will be back
on the supermarket shelves in Saudi Arabia from tomorrow. Abdullah Al-Othaim,
chairman of Al-Othaim Group, and Abdulaziz Al-Munajem, general manager of A.A.
Almunajem Sons Co., made the announcement at a crowded press conference here
yesterday.
A general boycott of Danish products after a newspaper in
Denmark published 12 cartoons denigrating the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon
him) last September, has led to Arla suspending plans to expand its operations
in Kingdom. "The unofficial boycott has been lifted and this is only for Arla
products," said Al-Othaim.
The move comes following a recommendation made by five
Islamic organizations, including the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY),
which participated in an Islamic conference in Bahrain last month to debate the
issue surrounding the blasphemous cartoons originally published in
Jyllands-Posten, Denmark's largest daily.
Arla Foods had issued an apology to Muslims worldwide as the
company is based in the country where the newspaper is published. It has also
pledged to disseminate awareness about Islam and make donations to charity
groups.
Arla has a major dairy plant in Riyadh, which had to suspend
operations temporarily due to a sharp decline in demand for its products. A new
production facility planned for Saudi Arabia has been indefinitely put on hold,
according to Jan E. Pedersen, Arla's regional director.
"We have deferred plans to set up the multimillion dollar
production plant because of the boycott of Danish products and its adverse
impact on our sales in the region," said Pedersen.
Arla had already invested $70 million to build the new plant
in cooperation with Danya Foods of Saudi Arabia.
The plan was being implemented with an aim to maintain Arla's
position as market leader in terms of sales and production of fresh cheese,
butter and cream in the Middle East. The project, which was conceived to boost
sales of Arla's products from the current 60,000 tons per year (before the
cartoon controversy) to 120,000 tons by 2010, was in its implementation phase
when the controversy erupted.
Replying to a question about the termination of workers from
its Saudi operation, Pedersen said "the company, which had terminated some 200
workers in Denmark, had not laid off any worker in the Kingdom."
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