Articles by Jim Carper

Free-standing inserts

Nestle makes a big statement in this week's FSIs

April 30, 2012

Nestle promoted its food and beverage brands in a multipage event headline "Good Food, Good Life" in the free-standing inserts for the week beginning April 29. Other dairy brands in the FSIs this week are Land O Lakes and Daisy.


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Jim Carper's Dairy Case

April 27, 2012

 

A look at the people, products and processors making headlines this week. In this edition: Nestle, MilkPEP, Pinkberry, Wendy's, T.F.I. Friday's and more.


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Naan and its dairy ingredients star in this week's FSI

April 26, 2012

There were few dairy companies and dairy mentions in the free-standing inserts for the week beginning April 22. But Stonefire Naan touts its use of buttermilk and ghee.


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Jim Carper's Dairy Case

April 20, 2012
A look at the people, products and processors making news this week. In this edition: Fonterra, California Dairies Inc., Westby Cooperative Creamery, Fage, HP Hood and more.


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Dole shakes things up in this week's free-standing inserts

April 16, 2012

Dole introduces a yogurt smoothie kit and Whitewave Foods launches a nondairy fruit and protein beverage.


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Jim Carper's Dairy Case

April 13, 2012
A weekly round-up of the people, products and processors making news this week. In this edition: Unilever, Peggy Biltz, Hidden Valley Ranch, Arena Cheese and more.
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Meet Bill Weigel, the owner of Weigel's convenience stores

April 11, 2012
As Bill Weigel navigates his Toyota Avalon down Tennessee State Highway 131 through Powell, Tenn., he points out landmarks from his boyhood. There is the house where his grandmother lived. Over there is the orchard where he went for an apple to mask the tobacco on his breath from smoking (at age 9) his homemade corncob pipe. And that’s where he boarded the bus and rode to the big city (Knoxville) all by himself before he was even 10 years old.
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Broadacre Dairy processes award-winning chocolate milk for Weigel's convenience store

April 10, 2012
Fluid milk processing facilities are generally the same. They all have rooms for milk intake, separating, homogenizing and filling. Broadacre Dairy has one building on the edge of its property that makes it unique among dairy processors: a log cabin where the owner was born.
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Keep Polishing That Healthy Halo

April 10, 2012
Dairy processors do not have a problem on the order of pink slime, but they still have to vigorously defend the nutritional value of their products.
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Best practices for pumps and valves in dairy processing plants

Choosing the right pump and the right valve can make a dairy plant more efficient. Properly sized equipment leaves little waste in the pipeline and gets the most from CIP solutions.
April 10, 2012
Pumps and valves are the hearts and lungs of a dairy processing plant. Pumps move ingredients from vats to fillers. Valves direct liquids to the proper line and allow for simultaneous production and cleaning. Dairy processors need to be efficient, so they want to capture every bit of ice cream mix, cheese curd, white mass or fruit slurry in a line.
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