Klondike Cheese traces its heritage to Switzerland. Today, the Wisconsin dairy processor thrives with its branded and private-label feta cheese and Greek yogurt products.
The state of Wisconsin has a long tradition of cheesemaking. Swiss, German and Italian immigrants processed local milk into the cheeses they knew from the Old Country, such as Emmenthal, Muenster and provolone.
Real Seal campaign aims to take back ground ceded to grains, fruits, nuts and vegetables.
June 5, 2013
The National Milk Producers Federation, Arlington, Va., has turned to social media to revitalize the Real Seal, which identifies foods made with milk from U.S. dairy farms. It is pushing back against foods made from grains, vegetables, plants and nuts and have usurped dairy designations like milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream.
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi are on hand for the grand opening of a plant that manufactures Muller yogurt.
June 4, 2013
Muller Quaker Dairy, a joint venture between PepsiCo Inc. and Theo Muller Group opened a 350,000-square-foot state-of-the-art yogurt manufacturing facility in Batavia, N.Y., on June 3. The company is targeting LEED certification for the facility.
Milk, cheese, yogurt and ice cream facilities from across the United States have been nominated. Dairy Foods has toured each facility.
May 28, 2013
Dairy Foods has nominated 13 dairy processors in its 6th annual Plant of the Year program. Voting begins today and will continue to July 4. Your vote will help determine the winner. Each of the nominated plants has been published in Dairy Foods and on dairyfoods.com in the last 18 months.
The awards program showcases processors’ successes in implementing MilkPEP’s two occasion-based strategies, Breakfast at Home and Refuel with Chocolate Milk.
May 27, 2013
MilkPEP named Sunnyside Farms the winning processor in the Breakfast at Home category and the Borden Company of Florida the winner in the Refuel category. Both companies promoted milk through effective local marketing using MilkPEP’s free resources.
Retail prices of regular yogurt drop compared to a year ago; shredded cheese is up 13 cents.
May 17, 2013
The retail price for a pound of butter is $2.53, a drop of 51 cents from two weeks ago. Shredded cheese, ice cream, regular and Greek yogurt prices rise.
Umpqua Dairy Products and Galliker Dairy also receive awards at the association's annual meeting.
May 12, 2013
Hiland Dairy Foods Co., Umpqua Dairy Products Co., and Galliker Dairy Co. took the top Quality Chekd honors in dairy excellence, plant performance and marketing, respectively, at the 2013 QCS Leadership Conference last month in New Orleans.