Company History
John Owen Roberts had a vision. His vision was to see dairy farmers working together to enable them to get a better price for their milk. That vision was back in 1938 and signified the launch of South Caernarfon Creameries. Now, 70 years on, we remain Wales’ leading farmer-owned dairy co-operative, processing 112 million litres of milk each year for our award-winning dairy and cheese range. We no longer collect milk in churns like they did back in 1938; nowadays it’s collected using our fleet of tankers who visit farms seven days a week, 52 weeks a year.
Membership in 1938 was a tentative 63 producer members. At that time, farmers were reluctant to commit to another co-operative as some in the area had already failed. Today, membership has swelled to almost 170 member farmers, located from North Wales to Mid Wales; and the creamery has remained on its original site near Chwilog on the picturesque Llŷn Peninsula and Eifionydd.
South Caernarfon Creameries has a long tradition of making cheeses. The site began cheese production in 1959 and today produces 10,500 tonnes of cheese each year, using in excess of 100 million litres of milk. Unlike some of the larger, more modern creameries, we still use traditional production methods; our 'How its made' tour explains more.
