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1 June 2008

Our Chocolatte was also released very recently and achieved the prestigious Gold Award at the WA Dairy Industry Awards in April this year. It was awarded First Place amongst all of the Chocolatte Flavoured milks in the competition.

The Vogue Produce Awards 2008 were held at Matt Moran’s Aria Restaurant in Sydney in May and Bannister Downs was very proud to receive the accolade of Highly Commended for its Double Cream. Judges of this event include Maggie Beer, Sophie Zalokar, Matt Moran, Cheong Liew, amongst others and the panel sources produce Australia- wide in its search for the very best. Sue felt very honoured to receive the award and meet the people involved with the event. It was a busy week, as Bannister Downs was also awarded Silver medals for our All Lite Milk, Farm Fresh Milk, Chocolatte, Whipping Cream and Double Cream later the same week at the Australian Dairy Awards in Melbourne.

Very recently Bannister Downs has been pleased to appoint Gary Carruthers in the position of Perth Manager. Gary is very customer service focussed and we know that he will do his very best to insure that our growing number of Perth customers receive the a high standard of care and service.

Having been very impressed with the service we have received from of Sweden and China, we have recently undergone the successful replacement of our first Ecolean packing machine (LP3000) with the latest Ecolean EL1 and EP1 system. The significant improvements that Ecolean has made in the development of the EL1 make us feel certain that our packaging machine will have a very significant role in a global packaging revolution that is focussed on resource conservation.

We are finally in the process of installing our purpose built pasteuriser to enable production of our Double Cream on a larger scale. We are hoping to have this in operation by July when the elusive Double Cream will be available on a larger scale.

Saturday, 5 May 2007

WA FARM PROCESSOR AWARDED BEST WHIPPING CREAM IN AUSTRALIA

Their achievement of a Gold Award for the Farm Fresh cream was further recognised when Bannister Downs was awarded the Applied Australia Award for the highest scoring exhibit overall for all entries in cream and dairy dessert classes.

Managing Director, Suzanne Daubney, was thrilled to be able to accept the award in Sydney at the DIAA presentation dinner. "This is a very proud moment for our dedicated team and a wonderful recognition of the quality of dairy products being produced in Western Australia", Sue said.

Bannister Downs is owned and operated by the Daubney Family of Northcliffe, WA and now employs over 32 people in their team from milking the cows through to delivering to their retail outlets (now over 200 throughout WA). Their success on Friday night comes following a wonderful series of product and business awards that serve to gain consumer confidence and interest and reward the efforts of those involved in making sure each litre is produced to the high standard set by Bannister Downs.

Bannister Downs on-farm Dairy Lounge Café was officially opened on 25th November 2006 by the Hon Paul D Omodei, Leader of the Opposition and was well attended by a large guest list of supporters, suppliers and customers who were able to see firsthand what makes Bannister Downs stand out as a quality dairy processor.

As a result of the DIAA National Awards, Bannister Downs will now be eligible to enter their Whipping Cream and Double Cream into the Australian Grand Dairy Awards to be held in early 2008.

Bannister Downs is proudly the first processing facility in the Southern Hemisphere to use the Ecolean packaging system. Imported from Sweden, this system is at the forefront of global environmentally sustainable packaging. Keep drinking the BEST milk in WA 'As fresh as it gets'! Proudly WA owned and made!!

1 October 2006

For the second year in a row, Bannister Downs once again took out the prize for the Best Full Cream Milk at the 2006 Perth Royal Show - with over 20 entries from all over Australia, and a panel of judges from within WA and interstate, we are very proud to have received such commendation for our frontline product.

We have recently installed a brand new batch pasteuriser which has improved the way that we process our milk (still with low temperature and long time ) and will allow us to remain in this system, allowing for growth of volume.

We are awaiting a mini batch pasteuriser so that we can make very small volumes of our promised Double Cream, hopefully not too long now!

Our whipping cream is now available in a 500ml pouch with our jersey cow 'Annalise' on the front - you will notice the real old-style creamy flavour of this pure premium product. We also have large tubs of it available for café and restaurant use.

At Bannister Downs we are all counting down until 24th October, when the WA Winners of the Telstra Business Women Awards are announced. Sue Daubney was nominated in May 2006 and has been through the application and interview processes and is now excited to have been short-listed as a finalist in both the Business Owner Category and Innovation Category. So far her journey has been very interesting, meeting other finalists and past winners, all of whom are very inspiring and willing to share their experience.

Stay tuned for our next update and keep drinking the BEST milk in WA!

Proudly WA owned and made!!

Mat & Sue