{"id":877242,"date":"2026-09-02T09:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T09:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/877242\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T09:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T09:14:20","slug":"woolworths-to-pull-tamar-valley-dairy-dessert-products-from-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/877242\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolworths to pull Tamar Valley Dairy dessert products from shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woolworths will pull several Tamar Valley Dairy dessert products from its shelves next month, in the latest blow for Tasmanian food producers.<\/p>\n

The supermarket has confirmed to Pulse it will remove several of the Launceston-made brand\u2019s indulgent dessert products, including its Creamery range of strawberries and cream and vanilla bean yoghurts.<\/p>\n

The move comes just days after Woolworths announced it would end its Tasmanian beef supply arrangement with JBS Longford in 2027.<\/p>\n

A Woolworths spokesperson said the Tamar Valley decision was based on customer demand.<\/p>\n

\"\"Woolworths said the decision was based on customer demand. Image \/ Pulse<\/p>\n

\u201cLaunceston-made Tamar Valley yoghurt will continue to be available to customers in our stores in Tasmania and across Australia,\u201d the spokesperson told Pulse.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a much loved brand by our customers in our range of dairy products.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The Tamar Valley Creamery range is among the products being pulled<\/p>\n

\u201cAs with all products on our shelves, we regularly review customer demand for different products in a range and we work with our supplier partners to adjust our range based on that demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

The popular Tamar Valley kids yoghurt range will remain available in stores nationally.<\/p>\n

In defence of the announcements this week, the supermarket said it stocks a significant volume of Tasmanian products, including Ashgrove Dairy milk and cheeses, Cripps Bakery bread and fresh fruit and vegetables from growers like R&R Smith, Cracknell Tomatoes and Harvest Moon Farms.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson said the value of fresh food and other products sourced from Tasmania had grown by more than 13% over the past two years.<\/p>\n

\"\"The move follows Woolworths ending its beef arrangement with JBS Longford<\/p>\n

The yoghurt range changes follow the supermarket\u2019s decision to exit its beef processing arrangement at JBS Longford, which TasFarmers chief executive Nathan Calman described as a \u201cfurther wake-up call\u201d for industry and government.<\/p>\n

Premier Jeremy Rockliff said he was \u201cvery deeply disappointed\u201d by the beef decision and used Question Time on Tuesday to call on the federal government to act on Bass Strait freight costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWoolworths has long promoted its support for rural and regional communities and this decision most certainly goes counter to that,\u201d Rockliff said.<\/p>\n

Lactalis Australia, who own Tamar Valley Dairy, were approached for comment but did not respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Woolworths will pull several Tamar Valley Dairy dessert products from its shelves next month, in the latest blow…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":["post-877242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}