Wensleydale Creamery makes, blends and sells specialty and regional British cheeses, above all Yorkshire Wensleydale. Saputo bought the business in 2021, two years after taking over Dairy Crest, and also sells its cheese in Canada and the US. It is one of the brands named in Saputo's August 2026 agreement to sell its UK operations to Lactalis.
Trademark record for Wensleydale Creamery
The USPTO record for the Wensleydale Creamery mark lists DAIRY CREST LIMITED as the owner of record (serial number 87200080). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[2]
Saputo is a publicly listed company headquartered in Montréal, Canada, founded in 1954. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSX: SAP.
Saputo was founded in Montréal in 1954 by a family from Montelepre in Sicily, with $500 of equipment and a bicycle for deliveries. It became Canada's most important mozzarella producer, went public in 1997, and says it is one of the top ten dairy processors in the world, with leading positions in Canada, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. It is now shrinking at the edges: in fiscal 2026 it sold King Island Dairy and two Australian fresh milk plants, in February 2026 agreed to sell 80 per cent of its Argentine dairy division to Gloria Foods, and on 14 August 2026 agreed to sell its UK division, including Cathedral City, to Lactalis, with closing expected by the end of March 2027.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom.
297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Wensleydale Creamery among them.
Saputo agreed to sell its United Kingdom operations, Saputo Dairy UK, to Lactalis for an enterprise value of about £988 million. The business includes Cathedral City, the best-selling cheddar in Britain, along with Davidstow, Wensleydale, Clover and Country Life, which Saputo gained with Dairy Crest in 2019. Coming months after Lactalis bought Fonterra's Anchor and Mainland, it would make the French family group the owner of the leading British cheddar as well.
Who is the parent company of Wensleydale Creamery?
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The parent company of Wensleydale Creamery is Saputo, a publicly listed company headquartered in Canada.
Is Wensleydale Creamery British or Canadian?
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Wensleydale Creamery originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Saputo, which is headquartered in Canada. So Wensleydale Creamery is a British-origin brand under Canadian ownership.
Since when has Saputo owned Wensleydale Creamery?
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Saputo has owned Wensleydale Creamery since 2021.
Is Wensleydale Creamery still owned by Saputo?
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Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Wensleydale Creamery is still owned by Saputo. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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