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A selection of three popular Dairy Belle dairy products. A box of full cream long life milk, a bottle of strawberry drinking yogurt, and a carton of passion fruit yogurt. Dairy Belle was originally established by ICS in 1969 and is now produced by Tiger
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Simons Brooke, Phillida. (2000) "Ice cold in Africa: The history of the
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in 1934 the company was in serious financial trouble. More money was sought from investors to help shore up the companies finances.
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