RNS Number:0911N
Robert Wiseman Dairies PLC
03 July 2003



3 July 2003

                            ROBERT WISEMAN DAIRIES PLC
                             ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING


Chairman, Alan Wiseman, will make the following comments about trading when he
addresses shareholders later this morning at the Robert Wiseman Dairies PLC 2003
Annual General Meeting:

"We are pleased to report that sales volumes in the first three months of the
new financial year are in line with expectations and are 11% ahead of last
year's first quarter. We can also confirm that contract wins in the first
quarter represent over 100 million litres per annum, making this quarter the
most successful in terms of new business gains in the Company's history.

In addition to the new business started in April with Tesco and Sainsbury's, we
recently commenced deliveries to an additional 66 Somerfield/Kwiksave stores,
helping the efficiencies of our Bristol and Droitwich depots. We have also been
successful in gaining an additional 42 Iceland/Booker outlets, which will
commence deliveries later in the year.

Our potted cream business has also been boosted by gaining the supply to an
additional Tesco regional depot, which will commence in October, bringing our
share of their pot cream business more into line with our share of their fresh
milk business.

We have continued to hold our price paid to milk suppliers despite reductions
during the last couple of months by two of our major competitors. We believe it
was fundamentally wrong to cut prices when all market signals such as IMPE point
to justifying higher milk values.

We believe that milk prices will improve over the next few months, but have made
it clear to our suppliers that we will have to, in due course, realign our milk
price closer to that of our major competitors. Returns from sales of bulk cream
have continued to improve steadily since the start of the new financial year in
line with the weakening Sterling v Euro exchange rate.

Our Droitwich Spa dairy continues to steadily increase production levels and
this has resulted in further improvements in the operating and cost performance
of this "state-of-the- art" plant. Production at this facility is currently
running at the equivalent of 350 million litres per annum, justifying the
Board's confidence in expanding its capacity, at a cost of #7.2 million, to 500
million litres per annum with effect from October 2003.

It is with great regret that the Company today loses the services of our Senior
Non-Executive Director, Norman Lessels, and the Board would like me to convey
publicly our sincere appreciation of the contribution Norman has made to the
success of the Group since joining the Board in early 1994. We wish him a very
enjoyable retirement."

                                      ENDS

For further information please contact:
Weber Shandwick Square Mile
Kirsty Hall / Peter Corbin                                    Tel: 020 7067 0700

Hatch Group
Graeme Jack                                                   Tel: 0141 333 6440







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