Winn-Dixie Sells Remaining Dairy PlantsWinn-Dixie Stores, Inc. said last month that it will sell its remaining two dairies-one in Plant City, Fla. the other in Hammond, La.-to Southeast Milk, Inc.
For the last year or so we’ve been covering the amazing story of the comeback of frozen yogurt. This is a category that has come back from the dead enough
Dairy foods have a long history of using ingredients and processes that assist with maintaining product quality and performance. Ingredient inclusion is usually apparent by their listing on the ingredient statement;processes can go undetected. The ingredients, collectively called stabilizers, are either carbohydrates or proteins, or unique blends of both. Sometimes dairy foods manufacturers rely on “stock” stabilizing ingredients; other times they will have a proprietary blend developed for a specific application. Dairy Foods talked with eight suppliers of stabilizing ingredientsto provide you with updates on application, innovation, pricing and regulatory trends.
Maid in the Shade: Juice is a healthy business for SSI, a captive dairy with lucrative outside activities. SSI is the product of a partnership between three major competing grocery chains in northern California and has two manufacturing sites for dairy, from which it produces more than 200tons of various retail pack ice on a daily basis. Annual sales are “well in excess of a billion dollars a year” overall, including dairy, grocery and frozen foods.