2015 Dairy 100
Top 100 Dairy Companies
Dairy Foods’ 22nd annual report identifies the largest dairy processors in North America.
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The Dairy 100 List
Note: Code to Type (ownership): C=Cooperative; Pr=Privately held company; Pu=Publicly traded company; An asterisk on a sales figure denotes a Dairy Foods estimate.
1. Nestlé USA
Glendale, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Paul Grimwood, CEO
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Nestle, Vevey Switzerland
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $9,700.0 (2014) | $10,000.0 (2013) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Dreyer’s/Edy’s Grand & Slow Churned, Dibs, Outshine, Drumstick, Push-Up, Frosty Paws, Eskimo Pie, Skinny Cow, Häagen-Dazs, Nesquik, Coffee-mate, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Wonka
Products: Ice cream, novelties, sherbet, sorbet, frozen yogurt, milk-based beverages
Plants (9): California: Bakersfield (ice cream, sherbet, novelties, frozen desserts), Tulare (ice cream, novelties, frozen yogurt, sorbet); Illinois: Jacksonville (Coffee-mate creamer); Indiana: Fort Wayne (ice cream, novelties); Anderson (RTD flavored milk, liquid nondairy creamers); Iowa: Waverly (Nestle Carnation instant breakfast, hot cocoa, Coffee-mate, Nestea, Nesquik strawberry); Maryland: Laurel (ice cream, frozen desserts, novelties); New Jersey: Freehold (Taster’s Choice soluble coffee, Nestea soluble tea); Utah: Salt Lake City (ice cream, sherbet, frozen desserts).
2. Dean Foods Co.
Dallas, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Gregg Tanner, CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $9,503.2 (2014) | $9,016.3 (2013) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Alta Dena, Arctic Splash, Barbers Dairy, Barbe’s, Berkeley Farms, Broughton, Brown Cow, Brown’s Dairy, Bud’s Ice Cream, Chug, Country Fresh, Country Love, Creamland, Dairy Ease, DairyPure, Dean’s, Fieldcrest, Fruit Rush, Gandy’s, Garelick Farms, Hygeia, Jilbert, Knudsen (licensed brand) Land O Lakes (licensed brand), Land-O-Sun & design, Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms, Louis Trauth Dairy Inc., Mayfield, McArthur, Meadow Brook, Meadow Gold, Mile High Ice Cream, Model Dairy, Morning Glory, Nature’s Pride, Nurture, Nutty Buddy, Oak Farms, Over the Moon, Pet (licensed brand) Pog (licensed brand), Price’s, Purity, Reiter, Robinson, Saunders, Schepps, Shenandoah’s Pride, Stroh’s, Swiss Dairy, Swiss Premium, TruMoo, T.G. Lee, Tuscan, Turtle Tracks, Verifine, Viva
Products: milk, ice cream, cultured dairy products, creamers, juices, bottled water and teas
Plants (67): Alabama: Homewood (2); California: Buena Park, City of Industry (2), Hayward; Colorado: Englewood, Greeley; Florida: Deland, Miami, Orlando; Georgia: Braselton; Hawaii: Hilo, Honolulu; Idaho: Boise; Illinois: Belvidere, Harvard, Huntley, O’Fallon, Rockford; Indiana: Decatur, Huntington, Rochester; Iowa: LeMars; Kentucky: Louisville; Louisiana: New Orleans; Massachusetts: Franklin, Lynn; Michigan: Grand Rapids, Livonia, Marquette; Minnesota: Thief River Falls, Woodbury; Montana: Billings, Great Falls; Nevada: North Las Vegas, Reno; New Jersey: Florence; New Mexico: Albuquerque; New York: Rensselaer; North Carolina: High Point, Winston-Salem; North Dakota: Bismarck; Oklahoma: Tulsa; Ohio: Marietta, Springfield, Toledo; Pennsylvania: Erie, Lansdale, Lebanon, Schuylkill Haven, Sharpsville; South Carolina: Spartanburg; South Dakota: Sioux Falls; Tennessee: Athens, Nashville (2); Texas: Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Lubbock, McKinney, San Antonio; Utah: Orem, Salt Lake City; Virginia: Richmond; Wisconsin: Ashwaubenon.
3. Saputo Inc.
Montreal, Québec
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Lino A. Saputo Jr., CEO, Vice COB
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2015
Sales (in millions): $8,036.9 (2014) | $7,722.6 (2013) Revenues from Canada, USA. Total revenues = $9.39 billion Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Saputo, Alexis de Portneuf, Armstrong, Bari, Baxter, Black Creek, COON, Cracker Barrel1, Dairyland, DairyStar, Dragone, DuVillage 1860, Friendship, Frigo Cheese Heads, Great Midwest, Kingsey, La Paulina, Milk2Go/Lait’s Go, Mil Lel, Neilson, Nutrilait, Organic Creamery, Ricrem, Salemville, Scotsburn1, Stella, Sungold, Treasure Cave
Products: Cheese, fluid milk, extended shelf-life milk and cream products, cultured products and dairy ingredients, plant based foods and beverages
Plants (51): United States (24), including Cheese Division (USA): South Gate, Calif.; Tulare, Calif. (3); Newman, Calif.; Big Stone City, S.D.; Almena, Wis.; Green Bay, Wis.; Fond du Lac, Wis.; Lena, Wis.; Monroe, Wis.; Reedsburg, Wis.; Waupun, Wis.; Black Creek, Wis. (producing Mozzarella, Provolone, String, Parmesan, Romano, Asiago, Fontinella, Gorgonzola, Cheddar, Edam, Colby, Colby Jack, Fontina, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Muenster, Lorraine, fresh frozen Mozzarella, snack sticks, WPC-80 instant and non-instant, WPC-34, dry sweet whey, acid whey, deproteinized whey powder, lactose, supervised kosher, shredding, cutting and packaging) & Dairy Foods Division (USA): Gustine, Calif.; Sulphur Springs, Texas; White Bear Lake, Minn.; Decatur, Ala; Murray, Ky.; Newington, Conn; Frederick, Md.; Fraser, N.Y. (producing ice cream mix, specialty beverages, half and half, whipping cream, dairy creamer, aerosol whipped topping); Tulare, Calif; Friendship, N.Y. (producing cottage cheese, sour cream, buttermilk, dry curd, Farmer’s cheese). CANADA (23), including Abbotsford, BC; Burnaby, BC; Courtenay, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Red Deer, AB; Saskatoon, SK; Brandon, MB; Georgetown, ON; Ottawa, ON; Tavistock, ON; Trenton, ON; Mont-Laurier, QC; Plessisville, QC; Saint-Hyacinthe, QC; Saint-Léonard, QC; Saint-Raymond de Portneuf, QC; Trois-Rivières, QC; Saint John, NB; Dartmouth, NS; Mount Pearl, NS; Sydney, NS (producing Mozzarella & Cheddar, Ricotta, Provolone, Parmesan, Feta & Havarti, Brie & Camembert, Brick, Colby, Farmer, Muenster & Monterey Jack, fresh curd, processed cheeses, fluid milk, cream, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, butter, powdered milk, evaporated milk, ice cream mixes, whey powder, lactose & whey protein). Argentina (2), Australia (2).
4. Land O’Lakes Inc.
Arden Hills, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Chris Policinski, President/CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $5,098.1 (2014) | $4,500.0 (2013) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Land O Lakes, Kozy Shack, Alpine Lace, Sauté Express Seasoned Meal Starter
Products: Cheese, butter, yogurt, ingredients, pudding
Plants (8): California: Orland (cheese), Tulare (cheese, butter, cultured); Minnesota: Melrose-JV DFA (cheese), Pine Island (dried cheese/seasonings); Ohio: Kent (spreads); Pennsylvania: Carlisle (butter); Wisconsin: Kiel (cheese), Spencer (processed cheese)
5. Dairy Farmers of America Inc.
Kansas City, MO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Rick Smith, President/CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $5,005.0 (2014) | $3,212.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Borden Cheese, Borden Butter, Breakstone’s, Cache Valley Cheese, Cache Valley Butter, California Gold, Cass-Clay Creamery, Dairy Maid Dairy, Falfurrias, Guida’s Milk, Hotel Bar, Keller’s Creamery, Kemps, La Vaquita, Oakhurst Dairy, Plugra, Sport Shake
Products: Fluid milk, chocolate milk, condensed milk, sweetened condensed milk, cream, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, butter, cheese (American-style, Gouda, hard Italian, artisanal Hispanic, longhorn Cheddar, Monterey jack, pepper jack and specialty cheese), ice cream, sherbets, sorbets, ingredients, juice, fruit punch
Plants (34): California: Hughson (butter, condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk), Turlock (Italian-style cheese, liquid whey), Ventura (dairy-based coffee beverages); Colorado: Fort Morgan (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk); Connecticut: New Britain (cream, ice cream mixes, milk, fruit drinks, fruit juices, water); Indiana: Goshen (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk); Maine: Portland (butter, buttermilk, cottage cheese, cream, flavored milk, fluid milk, fruit juice, sour cream and tea); Maryland: Frederick (milk, juice, fruit drinks); Michigan: Adrian (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk), Cass City (condensed milk, cream); Minnesota: Duluth (buttermilk, chocolate milk, creams, fluid milk, juices), Farmington (cottage cheese, dips, smoothies, sour cream), Minneapolis (fluid milk, other beverages), Rochester (two plants — fluid milk, ice cream, light ice cream, sherbets, yogurt-based drinks), Winthrop (anhydrous milk fat, butterfat blends, sweetened condensed milk), Zumbrota (American-style cheese, cream powders, fluid whey, Gouda, hard Italian, specialty cheese); Missouri: Cabool (adult nutritional beverages, dairy-based coffee beverages, energy protein beverages, Sport Shake), Springfield (dairy-based coffee beverages); Nevada: Fallon (whole milk powder, instant whole milk powder, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder); New Mexico: Portales (condensed skim milk, cream, milk permeate powder, milk protein concentrate, nonfat and skim milk powders); New York: Linwood (cream, skim milk); North Dakota: Fargo (butter, cottage cheese, cream, dips, fluid milk, ice cream, juice, sour cream, yogurt); Pennsylvania: Mechanicsburg (dairy-based coffee beverages), Middlebury Center (condensed milk, cream, cream powder, malted milk powder, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder), New Wilmington (dry whey, Italian-style cheese), Reading (cream, condensed milk, malted milk powder, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder), West Middlesex (industrial shredded cheese, process cheese); Texas: Houston (artisanal Hispanic cheeses and creams), Schulenburg (dairy dips and salsa), Winnsboro (anhydrous milk fat, butter, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, sweet cream); Utah: Beaver (condensed milk, cream, longhorn cheddar, Monterey jack, pepper jack cheeses); Wisconsin: Cedarburg (fluid milk, orange juice), Plymouth (cut and wrap natural cheese, process cheese, shreds)
6. Schreiber Foods
Green Bay, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael J. Haddad, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 10/1/2014
Sales (in millions): $5,000.0 (2014) | $4,500.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands:Schreiber, School Choice, Cooper, Clearfield Deli, La Feria, Menu, American Heritage, Pauly, Raskas, Ready-cut
Products: Cheese, cream cheese, blends, yogurt, yogurt drinks, dairy desserts, specialty cheeses
Plants (30): United States (16): Arizona: Tempe; California: Fullerton; Missouri: Carthage-2 plants, Clinton-2 plants, Monett, Mount Vernon; Pennsylvania: Shippensburg; Texas: Stephenville; Utah: Logan, Smithfield; Wisconsin: Green Bay, Richland Center-2 plants, West Bend. Other plants(14): Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany-2 plants, India, Mexico,Portugal, Slovakia, Spain-3 plants, Uruguay
7. Kraft Foods Cheese & Dairy Division
Northfield, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Howard Friedman, President, Cheese & Dairy division
Type: Pu
Parent company: Kraft Foods Group
Fiscal Year End: 12/27/2014
Sales (in millions): $4,066.0 (2014) | $3,925.0 (2013) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Athenos, Breakstone’s, Cracker Barrel, Fresh Take, Grated Parmesan, Knudsen, Natural Cheese, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Polly-O, Singles, Velveeta
Products: Natural Cheese, Processed Cheese, Greek yogurt, cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese and cheese blends
Plants (10): California: Tulare; Illinois: Champaign; Minnesota: Albany; New Ulm; Missouri: Springfield; New York: Campbell, Lowville, Walton; Wisconsin: Beaver Dam, Wausau
8. Agropur Cooperative
Longueuil, Quebec
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Robert Coallier, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 11/1/2014
Sales (in millions): $3,747.5 (2014) | $3,089.7 (2013) Converted from Cdn$. 2013 sales are re-stated. Acquired Davisco Foods, M. Larivee, Sobey’s dairy processing operations. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: ANCO, Iogo (joint venture with Ultima Foods), Natrel, Québon, Sealtest, Island Farms, Dyna Moo, Oka, Farmers, Central Dairies, Allegro, Damafro, masters Reserve, Iogo, Olympic
Products: Cheeses, butter, milk, specialty milk, yogurt
Plants (40): including Idaho: Jerome (acquired from Davisco, producing Cheddar, mozzarella, provolone, hard Italian cheeses, shredded cheeses, WPI, WPC, DPW, SDW); Iowa: Hull (cheese and ingredients); Michigan: Grand Rapids (Natrel division); Minnesota: LeSueur 2 plants acquired from Davisco (1-Cheddar, hard Italian cheeses, lactose, WPI, WPC, lactose; 2-custom processing), Maplewood (Schroeder milk); South Dakota: Lake Norden 2 plants acquired from Davisco (1-mozzarella, provolone, hard Italian cheeses, lactose, WPC, 2-custom processing); Wisconsin: La Crosse (Main Street Ingredients, cheese and ingredients); Little Chute (cheese and ingredients); Luxemburg (cheese and ingredients); Weyauwega (cheese and ingredients). Canada: Alberta: Edmonton 2 plants (formerly Sobeys), Lethbridge (cheese and ingredients); British Columbia: Burnaby (formerly Sobeys), Chilliwack (Natrel division), Delta (Ultima Foods Inc. joint venture, Olympic Dairy), Victoria (Natrel division, Island Farms); Manitoba: Winnipeg (formerly Sobeys); New Brunswick: Miramichi (milk);Ontario: Ottawa (Natrel division), Toronto (Natrel division), Woodstock (cheese and ingredients); Quebec: Amqui (Natrel division), Beauceville (cheese and ingredients), Granby (cheese and ingredients), Granby (Ultima Foods Inc. joint venture), Notre-Dame-du- Bon-Conseil (cheese and ingredients), Oka (fine cheese division), Plessisville (cheese and ingredients), Quebec City (Natrel division), Saint-Bruno (Natrel division), Saint-Hyacinthe (fine cheese division), Saint-Laurent (Natrel division). Argentina (2). Ferreyra (La Lacteo joint venture); Villa Del Rosario (La Lacteo joint venture).
9. Great Lakes Cheese Co.
Hiram, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Dan Zagzebski, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $3,150.0 (2014) | $2,628.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Great Lakes, Adams Reserve, Rico Mia, American Accent, Thoughtful Organics
Products: Cheese, processed cheese, whey products
Plants (9): New York: Adams (Cheddar, Monterey Jack, WPC, WPI, other whey products), Cuba-Empire Cheese (mozzarella, provolone, whey products); Ohio: Hiram (cut/wrap); Utah: Filmore (cut/wrap); Wisconsin: LaCrosse (processed cheese), Plymouth (cut/wrap), Seymour (blue cheese), Wausau (cut/wrap); Tennessee: Manchester (cut/wrap)
10. Leprino Foods Co.
Denver, CO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: James Leprino, Chairman
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $3,059.1* (2014) | $2,750.0* (2013)
Dairy Brands: Proprietary brands
Products: Mozzarella, reduced-fat Monterey jack, provolone, reduced-fat Cheddar, cheese blends, whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate, sweet whey, and lactose
Plants (9 USA): California: Lemoore East (cheese, dairy powders), Lemoore West (cheese, dairy powders), Tracy (cheese, dairy powders); Colorado: Fort Morgan (Cheese, dairy powders), Greeley (cheese, dairy powders); Michigan: Allendale (Cheese, dairy powders), Remus (cheese, diary powders); New Mexico: Roswell (cheese, dairy powders); New York: Waverly (cheese, dairy powders). 2 joint venture plants with Glanbia plc in Northern Ireland, Wales
11. Prairie Farms Dairy
Carlinville, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Edward L. Mullins, CEO/Executive VP
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,993.0 (2014) | $2,781.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Prairie Farms Dairy, Highland Dairy, Roberts Dairy, Turner Dairy, Coleman Dairy, LuVel, Southern Belle, Tiller Foods, Swiss Valley, Muller Pinehurst, Belfonte, North Star
Products: Milk, egg nog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, butter, ice cream, novelties, sherbets, sorbets, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, coffee beverages
Plants (35): Illinois: Carlinville (milk, fruit drinks); Carbondale (cultured); Decatur (frozen dessert, ice cream); Granite City (milk, cream products, ice cream mix, iced coffee); O’Fallon (ice cream, ice cream mix); Olney (milk); Peoria (milk); Quincy (cultured); Springfield (ice cream mix); Indiana: Anderson (milk, juice/drinks, teas, ice cream mix); Ft. Wayne (milk, cultured, ice cream mix, drinks); Holland (milk, juice/drinks); Lafayette (novelties); Iowa: Dubuque (milk, juice/drinks); Kentucky: Somerset (milk, juice/drinks); Michigan: Battle Creek (milk, juice/drinks); Mississippi: Kosciusko (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix); Missouri: Jefferson City (milk, juice/drinks, cultured, ice cream, ice cream mix); St. Louis (novelties); Ohio: Dayton (creamers). Joint Venture Facilities -- Highland Dairy Foods (DFA): Kansas: Kansas City (ice cream, cultured); Springfield (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mixes); Arkansas: Fayetteville (milk, juice); Ft. Smith (milk, fruit drink/juice); Kansas: Wichita (milk, cultured, fruit drink, ice cream mix); Oklahoma: Chandler (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix, cultured); Norman, (milk, fruit drink). Highland Dairy: Missouri: Kansas City (milk, juice/drinks); Nebraska: Norfolk (ice cream), Omaha (milk, sour cream, ice cream mix, fruit juice/drink); Turner Dairy (Prairie Farms/Highland): Arkansas: Little Rock (milk, juice/ drinks); Kentucky: Fulton (milk, fruit drink/juice); Tennessee: Memphis (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix); Muller Pinehurst (Midwest Dairymen’s Co-op): Illinois: Rockford (milk, drinks, ice cream, ice cream mix); Madison Farms (Land O’Lakes): Missouri: St. Louis (butter oil)
12. Grupo LaLa
Mexico City, Mexico
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Arquimedes Celis, CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,904.1 (2014) | $3,323.5 (2013) Converted from Mexican pesos. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: LaLa
Products: Milk, functional dairy products
Plants (1): Mexico.
13. Kroger Co. The
Cincinnati, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Erin Sharp, Group VP Manufacturing
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 1/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,901.4* (2014) | $2,475.0* (2013) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Kroger, Private Selection, Turkey Hill, Simple Truth, regional banner brands
Products: Milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, sour cream, dips, organic milk, juices, drinks, water, ice cream, novelties, tea, whipping cream, process cheese, natural cheese
Plants (19): Arizona: Tolleson (Tolleson Dairy); California: Compton (Compton Creamery), Riverside (Riverside Creamery); Colorado: Denver (Mountain View Dairy); Georgia: Atlanta (Centennial Farms Dairy); Indiana: Indianapolis (Crossroad Farms Dairy), Crawfordsville (Pace Dairy of Indiana); Kansas: Hutchinson (Jackson Dairy); Kentucky: Winchester (Winchester Dairy Farms); Michigan: Livonia (Michigan Dairy); Minnesota: Rochester (Pace Dairy); Ohio: Cincinnati (Springdale Ice Cream & Beverage), Newark (Tamarack Farms Dairy); Oregon: Portland (Swan Island Dairy); Pennsylvania: Conestoga (Turkey Hill Dairy); Tennessee: Murfreesboro (Heritage Farms Dairy); Texas: Fort Worth (Vandervoort’s Dairy); Utah: Layton (Layton Dairy); Virginia: Lynchburg (Westover Dairy)
14. Parmalat North America
Toronto, Canada
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Alnashir Lakha, President/CEO
Type: Pu
Parent company: Lactalis Group, France
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,863.0 (2014) | $3,223.0 (2013) Annual Report
Last year listed as Lactalis American Group
Dairy Brands: Astro, Beatrice, Black Diamond, Galbani, Lactantia, Precious, President, Sorrento
Products: Milk, buttermilk, cream, ice cream mix, sour cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, butter, French cheeses, Italian cheese, dairy ingredients, soy beverages
Plants (21): 17 in Canada, 4 in USA, including: California, Tipton (fresh mozzarella); Idaho, Nampa (mozzarella, snacks); New York: Buffalo (mozzarella, provolone, ricotta); Wisconsin: Merrill (cheese spreads). Canada (17). Alberta: Calgary (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, buttermilk); Lethbridge (yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese); Manitoba: Grunthal (cheese); St. Claude (butter, milk powders, evaporated products); Winnipeg (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes); Ontario: Belleville (cheese); Brampton (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, soy beverages, lactose reduced products, eggnog), Mitchell (butter, cream cheese, evaporated products, SWC); Niagara on the Lake (yogurt, sour cream, yogurt drinks); Sudbury (milk cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, buttermilk); Thunder Bay (milk, cream); Rakely (yogurt, sour cream); Winchester (butter, cheese, whey powder and liquids, skim powder and liquids, buttermilk powders, margarine cups); Quebec: Laverlochere (butter, evaporated products, milk powders); Marieville (cheese, cream, concentrated whey); Montreal (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, buttermilk, eggnog); St. Hyacinthe (milk, cream); Victoriaville (butter, cheese, evaporated products, milk powders, margarine, special ingredient powders)
15. California Dairies Inc.
Visalia, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Andrei Mikhalevsky, President/CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,800.0 (2014) | $2,100.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: California Dairies, Challenge Dairy Products, Danish Creamery
Products: Butter, ingredients, powdered milk, AMF, cream cheese, UF products, cream and condensed
Plants (6): California: Artesia (standardized milk, cream, condensed, powder); Fresno (butter, powder, cream, condensed); Los Banos (powder, cream cheese, cream, condensed, UF products); Tipton (butter, powder, cream, condensed); Turlock (butter, powder); Visalia (butter, AMF, powder, cream, condensed)
16. Darigold Inc.
Seattle, WA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Bill Krippaehne, Interim President & CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 3/2015
Sales (in millions): $2,600.0 (2014) | $2,600.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Darigold
Products: Fluid milk, egg nog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, butter, Cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, dairy ingredients
Plants (11): Idaho: Boise (fluid milk, ultra-pasteurized fluid products, cultured products); Caldwell (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, milk protein concentrate, bulk cream, butter, buttermilk powder); Jerome (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, milk protein concentrate, ultra-filtered milk products, bulk cream, condensed products); Washington: Issaquah (cultured products, butter); Seattle (fluid milk); Spokane (fluid milk, sour cream); Chehalis (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder, other dry dairy ingredients, bulk cream, whey, whey protein concentrate, buttermilk powder); Linden (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, other dry dairy ingredients, bulk cream); Sunnyside (cheese, dry whey, whey protein concentrate); Oregon: Portland (ultra-pasteurized fluid products); Montana: Bozeman (fluid milk)
17. Hilmar Cheese Co.
Hilmar, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: John Jeter, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,500.0 (2014) | $2,000.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: None
Products: Natural-style cheeses (Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Colby and Colby Jack), WPC, WPI, WPH, lactose
Plants (2): California: Hilmar (40-pound and 640-pound block natural American-style cheeses, Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Colby and Colby Jack, WPC, WPI, WPH; lactose); Texas, Dalhart (40-pound and 640-pound block natural cheeses, Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Colby and Colby Jack; WPC, WPI)
18. WhiteWave Foods
Broomfield, CO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Blaine E. McPeak , President, Americas Foods & Beverages; Gregg L. Engles, CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,350.8 (2014) | $2,085.4 (2013) Annual Report
Sales are for Americas Foods & Beverages segment. Total sales were $3.4 billion.
Dairy Brands: Alpro (Europe), Silk, International Delight and Land O Lakes (licensed brand) coffee creamers and beverages, Horizon Organics, TruMoo (licensed brand) single serve milk boxes
Products: Plant-based foods and beverages (almond, soy), coffee creamers and beverages, organic dairy products
Plants (7 USA, 3 Europe): California: City of Industry, San Juan Bautista; Florida: Jacksonville; New Jersey: Bridgeton; Pennsylvania: DuBois; Texas: Dallas; Virginia: Mt. Crawford. Europe: Wevelgem, Belgium; Issenheim, France; Kettering, UK
19. Glanbia Foods Inc.
Twin Falls, ID
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jeff Williams, President/CEO
Type: Pu
Parent company: Glanbia PLC, Kilkenny, Ireland
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,326.0 (2014) | $1,950.0 (2013) Annual Report
USA sales, converted from euros. Total sales were 3.5 billion euros.
Dairy Brands: None
Products: Cheese (barrels and blocks), conventional and organic cheeses including Cheddar, Colby, Colby Jack, pepper Jack, Monterey Jack, Muenster, Asadero, queso quesadilla, whey products
Plants (4): Idaho: Blackfoot (cheese), Gooding (cheese/whey products), Twin Falls (cheese); New Mexico: Clovis (cheese/whey products), a Southwest Cheese joint venture
20. HP Hood LLC
Lynnfield, MA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: John A. Kaneb, President/Chairman/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,300.0 (2014) | $2,300.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Axelrod, Booth Bros., Brigham’s Ice Cream, Calorie Countdown, Crowley Foods, Green’s, Hagan, Heluva Good!, Hood, Maggio, Penn Maid, Rosenberger’s, Simply Smart. Licensed Brands: Baileys Coffee Creamers, Blue Diamond Almond Breeze, Fiber One Cottage Cheese, Hershey’s Milk & Milkshakes, LACTAID, Southern Comfort egg nog
Products: Fluid milk, egg nog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, ice cream, sherbets sorbets, novelties, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, other nondairy beverages
Plants (14): California: Sacramento (aseptic and UHT fluid products); Connecticut: Suffield (ice cream, novelties, frozen desserts); Maine: Portland (milk); Massachusetts: Agawam (milk, juices, drinks); New Hampshire: Concord (fluid); New York: Arkport (cultured), LaFargeville (cultured), Oneida (UHT fluid products), Sodus (cheese), Vernon (cultured), Wolcott (cheese and spreads); Pennsylvania: Philadelphia (UHT products); Virginia: Winchester (aseptic and UHT fluid products); Vermont: Barre (milk)
21. Associated Milk Producers Inc.
New Ulm, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Donn DeVelder, Sheryl Meshke, co-president/CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,200.0 (2014) | $1,800.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: AMPI, private label
Products: Cheese, processed cheese, butter, bulk fluid milk, whey, nonfat dry milk, lactose, WPC-34, buttermilk, permeate, ice cream mix
Plants (10): Iowa: Arlington (condensed skim milk, NFDM, SMP, sweet cream), Sanborn (Cheddar, condensed whey); Minnesota: New Ulm (butter, condensed buttermilk), Paynesville (Cheddar, condensed whey, condensed WPC, WPC-34, WPC-80), Rochester (Cheddar, Colby, Monterey Jack, Condensed WPC, lactose, ice cream mix); South Dakota: Freeman (low-heat NFDM, high-heat NFDM, super high-heat NFDM, sweet cream), Hoven (Parmesan, Asiago, Romano, condensed whey); Wisconsin: Blair (Aged Cheddar, Mild Cheddar, condensed whey, whey), Jim Falls (Cheddar, Colby, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Party Jack, buttermilk, whey, condensed whey), Portage (processed cheese slices, processed cheese loaf, shredded natural cheese, natural cheese chunks)
22. Shamrock Farms Dairy Division
Phoenix, AZ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Kent McClelland, CEO
Type: Pr
Parent company: Shamrock Foods, Phoenix, AZ
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,109.8* (2014) | $375.0* (2013)
Dairy Brands: Shamrock Farms, Rockin’ Refuel
Products: Milk, organic milk, whipping cream, sour cream, cottage cheese, creamers, ice cream, novelties
Plants (2): Arizona: Phoenix (milk, organic milk, whipping cream, sour cream, cottage cheese, creamers, ice cream, novelties); Virginia: Verona (milk)
23. The Dannon Co.
White Plains, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Mariano Lozano, CEO/President
Type: Pu
Parent company: Groupe Danone S.A., France
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,100.0 (2014) | $2,000.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Dannon, Activia, Oikos, Light & Fit, Danimals, Dan-o-nino, YoCream
Products: Yogurt, Greek yogurt, drinkable yogurts, smoothies, frozen yogurt
Plants (4): Ohio: Minster (yogurt and dairy drinks); Oregon: Portland (frozen yogurt); Texas: Ft. Worth (yogurt); Utah: West Jordan (yogurt and dairy drinks)
24. Borden Dairy Co.
Dallas, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael A. Bell, COO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $2,000.0* (2014) | $2,000.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Borden, LaLa, Promised Land, Skim Plus, Frusion
Products: Milk, ESL milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, dips, sour cream, frozen dessert mixes, milkshake mixes, juices, drinks
Plants (20): Alabama: Cowarts (milk), Pritchard (milk); Colorado: Colorado Springs (milk, buttermilk, cottage cheese, creams, dips, sour cream)’ Georgia: Decatur (frozen dessert mixes); Florida: Miami ( milk, cream, eggnog), Winter Haven (milk, cream); Kentucky: London (milk), Madisonville ( milk, cream); Louisiana: Baker (milk, eggnog), Lafayette (milk, buttermilk); Mississippi: Hattiesburg (milk); Nebraska: Omaha (yogurt); New Jersey: Wallington (milk, ESL milk, cream); Ohio: Cleveland (milk, cottage cheese, dips, cream, sour cream, yogurt), Cincinnati (milk); South Carolina: Charleston (milk, buttermilk, cream); Texas: Austin (milk, cream, juice/drinks, milkshake mixes), Conroe (milk, cream), Dallas (milk, cream), Floresville (milk, eggnog)
25. Foremost Farms USA
Baraboo, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael Doyle, President/CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $1,982.0 (2014) | $1,754.9 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Foremost Farms USA, 1950 127 Brand, Fratellino, Teklac, Daritek, Fast Flo
Products: Cheese (mozzarella, provolone, Cheddar), butter, bulk fluid milk, whey products
Plants (12): Minnesota: Preston (specialty WPC, condensed skim milk); Wisconsin (11): Appleton (LMPS mozzarella, LMWM mozzarella, reduced-fat mozzarella, provolone, smoked provolone, WPC, dry permeate); Chilton (LMPS mozzarella, provolone, smoked provolone, WPC, permeate, condensed skim milk, cream); Clayton (provolone, smoked provolone, condensed WPC, condensed permeate); Lancaster (milled Cheddar, milled marbled Cheddar, condensed whey, condensed WPC, condensed permeate); Marshfield (colored Cheddar, white Cheddar, Colby, farmers cheese, low-fat Cheddar, Monterey jack, condensed whey); Milan (LMPS mozzarella, LMWM mozzarella, reduced-fat mozzarella, reduced-sodium mozzarella, provolone, smoked provolone, asadero, condensed WPC, condensed permeate); Plover (lactose, whole whey powder, organic whole whey powder, organic demineralized whey, WPC powder, heat stable WPC, reduced-minerals whey powder, reduced-minerals WPC, reduced-minerals WPC condensed, buttermilk powder); Reedsburg (butter condensed skim milk, condensed buttermilk, sweet cream); Richland Center (LMPS mozzarella, LMWM mozzarella, condensed whey, WPC, whole whey powder, permeate); Rothschild (dry permeate-feedgrade, pharmaceutical lactose, edible lactose, dry whey-feedgrade); Sparta (grade a nonfat dry milk, grade A cream, grade A condensed whole milk, grade a condensed skim milk, grade A bulk fluid milk, WPC powder, heat stable WPC, cultured skim milk powder, buttermilk powder).