Chobani is Dairy Food's 2012 Processor of the Year
Hamdi Ulukaya has led Chobani to the top of the yogurt category, and for that reason, Dairy Foods names Chobani the 2012 Processor of the Year. But the company’s influence is felt throughout the dairy industry.
In his hit song “American Saturday Night,” country singer Brad Paisley celebrates immigrants’ contributions to American culture, including pizza with Canadian bacon, beer from the Netherlands, Brazilian leather, German cars and the Beatles, not to mention “a French kiss, Italian ice and margaritas in the moonlight.”
A dairy version of this only-in-America story features a Turkish immigrant entrepreneur building a Greek yogurt empire with milk sourced from U.S. dairy farmers in New York state. Hamdi Ulukaya’s Chobani Yogurt has shot to the top of the category and become a national (and international favorite) in only five years. That is a big, big deal.