 The £17 million plant was officially opened on 6 December 2013, by Theo Müller Senior and Owen Paterson, MP for North Shropshire and then Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.The plant is capable of producing 45,000 tonnes of salted, unsalted and lactic butter made with cream from British dairy farms.In July 2013, the company announced the closure of its depots in Keith and Whitburn, because of a significant reduction in the number of delivery runs from each site.