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.
Lomira, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Wayne Matzke, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $230.0* (2014) | $350.0* (2013)
Dairy Brands: Grande, Piacci
Products: Italian cheeses, whey
Plants (6): Wisconsin: Brownsville (mozzarella, fresh mozzarella, whey), Fond du Lac (cut and wrap, dice and shred, aging), Friendship (whey), Juda (mozzarella, ricotta), Rubicon (Italian specialty cheeses), Wyocena (mozzarella).
Coopersville, MI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Steeve Cooper, COO/GM
Type: C
Parent company: Select Milk Producers
Fiscal Year End: 8/2014
Sales (in millions): $226.8 (2014) | Not Listed (2013)
For 8 months
Dairy Brands: fairlife, Core Power
Products: Milk, condensed milk, skim milk powder, cream
Plants (1): Michigan: Coopersville
Orrville, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Steve Schmid, President
Type: Pr
Parent company: Dairy Enterprises Inc.
Fiscal Year End: 9/2014
Sales (in millions): $225.0* (2014) | $230.0* (2013)
Dairy Brands: Smith’s, Ruggles, Festival, Whale of a Pail, Class Act, YoMazing
Products: Fluid milk, organic milk, egg nog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, ice cream, sherbets, sorbets, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, coffee beverages, soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk
Plants (3): Indiana: Richmond (conventional and ESL fluid milk, organic milk, egg nog, soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk, soft serve mix); Missouri: Pacific (ESL soft serve, yogurt, and ice cream mix; specialty beverage mixes); Ohio: Orrville (fluid milk; ice cream, cottage cheese, sour cream, flavored dips, juice, tea, eggnog, ice cream mix)
Fairacres, NM
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jeff Terranova, President
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: Sep-13
Sales (in millions): $205.0 (2014) | $188.0* (2013)
Dairy Brands: F&A, private label
Products: Cheese
Plants (2): New Mexico: Las Cruces (mozzarella, Muenster, asadero, provolone, dried cheeses, whey products); Wisconsin: Dresser (mozzarella, provolone, whey products).
Dunkirk, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Kenneth Johnson, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2014
Sales (in millions): $202.0 (2014) | $194.0* (2013)
Dairy Brands: Private label
Products: Ice cream, frozen novelties
Plants (3): New York: Dunkirk (ice cream, frozen novelties), Gloversville (ice cream, frozen novelties); New Jersey: Lakewood (ice cream, frozen novelties)
Ellsworth WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Paul Bauer CEO/ GM
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $197.0 (2014) | $161.4 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Ellsworth Valley (cheese and whey), Comstock (specialty cheese), Blaser, Antonella, Kammerude, Golden Age
Products: Cheese (Cheddar, specialty), ingredients
Plants (2): Wisconsin: Comstock, (specialty cheeses), Ellsworth (Cheddar, whey)
Baltimore, MD
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Ralph Kemp, President
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $190.0 (2014) | $123.7* (2013)
Dairy Brands: Cloverland, Coffee Top, Snow Mountain
Products: Milk, egg nog, buttermilk, ice cream, fruit punch, iced tea
Plants (1): Maryland, Baltimore, (milk, tea, drinks, juice, spring water)
Saratoga Springs, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Gary Drake, President
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2014
Sales (in millions): $183.5* (2014) | Not listed (2013)
Dairy Brands: Stewart’s
Products: Milk, flavored milk, buttermilk, eggnog, half and half, heavy cream, lactose-free milk, dairy shakes, ice cream
Plants (1): New York: Greenfield Center (ice cream)
Des Moines, IA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Miriam Erickson Brown, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $175.0 (2014) | $165.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Anderson Erickson Dairy
Products: Milk, egg nog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, sour cream dip, yogurt, Greek yogurt, juice, fruit punch, ice cream mix
Plants (1): Iowa, Des Moines
Martins Ferry, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Joseph L. Carson, President
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: Dec-14
Sales (in millions): $169.7* (2014) | $194.0* (2013)
Dairy Brands: United
Products: Milk, cultured, ice cream, novelties, juice/drinks
Plants (3): Ohio: Martins Ferry (milk, drinks); Pennsylvania: Uniontown (milk, drinks, ice cream); West Virginia: Charleston (milk, drinks)
Atwater, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael D. Gallo, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $168.8* (2014) | $153.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Joseph Farms, Gallo Global Nutrition
Products: Natural cheese, whey products
Plants (1): California: Atwater (natural cheese, whey products)
Pittsburgh, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: William D. Schneider, President
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2014
Sales (in millions): $167.7* (2014) | $100.0* (2013)
Dairy Brands: Schneider’s Dairy, Schneider-Valley Farms, Schneider-Mong’s
Products: Fluid milk, flavored milks, buttermilks, sour cream, chip dips, cottage cheeses, bulk yogurt, 100% juices/fruit drinks iced teas; fresh creams, ice cream mixes
Plants (2): Schneider’s Dairy - Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh (fluid milk, flavored milks, buttermilks, sour cream, sour cream, chip dips, cottage cheeses, bulk yogurt, 100% juices/fruit drinks/iced teas). Schneider-Valley Farms Dairy – Pennsylvania: Williamsport (fluid milk, flavored milks, fresh creams, ice cream mixes, 100% juices/fruit drinks/iced teas)
New Britain, CT
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: William G. Gisel Jr., President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: Dec-14
Sales (in millions): $162.7* (2014) | $86.0* (2013)
Dairy Brands: Carvel, Jon Donaire, f’real, Coffee Rich
Products: Ice cream cakes, ice cream rolls
Plants (1): Connecticut: New Britain
Sandpoint, ID
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jim Frank, President/CEO
Type: Pr (ESOP)
Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2014
Sales (in millions): $158.7* (2014) | $170.0* (2013)
Dairy Brands: Litehouse; Simply Artisan Reserve
Products: Cheese, buttermilk, yogurt, dressings, vegetable dips, fruit dips, herbs, apple cider; marinade; sauces; salsa; caramel
Plants (3): Idaho: Sandpoint (cheese, buttermilk, yogurt, dressing, veg dips, fruit dips marinade, sauce, salsa); Michigan: Lowell (dressing, veg dips, fruit dips, marinade, sauces, salsa, caramel); Utah: Hurricane (dressing, veg dips, fruit dips, sauces, marinades)
Reading, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Richard L. Hartman, President
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $152.0* (2014) | $150.4* (2013)
Dairy Brands: Clover Farms, private label
Products: Milk, juices/drinks
Plants (1): Pennsylvania: Reading (milk, juices/drinks)
Petaluma, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Marcus Benedetti, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $150.0 (2014) | $200.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Clover Stornetta Farms, Clover Organic Farms
Products: Fluid milk, half and half, whipped cream, ice cream, butter, kefir, cheese, yogurt, eggs, cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, orange juice, egg nog
Plants (1): California: Petaluma (Grade A products)
Hilbert, WI and Byron, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Neil Cox, President
Type: C
Parent company: Ornua Cooperative, Dublin, Ireland
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $136.0 (2014) | $104.0 (2013)
Listed last year as Irish Dairy Board USA. Total company revenues were 2.3 million euros
Dairy Brands: Kerrygold and Dubliner (imported)
Products: Analog and processed cheese types, cheese-based ingredients
Plants (2): Minnesota: Byron (cheese ingredients); Wisconsin: Hilbert (processed cheese, cheese-based ingredients)
Asheville, NC
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: L. Keith Collins, President, Milkco Inc.
Type: Pu
Parent company: Ingles Markets
Fiscal Year End: 9/27/2014
Sales (in millions): $134.3* (2014) | $132.5* (2013) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Laura Lynn, Harvest Farms organic
Products: Milk, flavored milk, drinks, ice cream mix, water, orange juice
Plants (1): North Carolina: Asheville (milk, flavored milk, drinks, ice cream mix, water, orange juice)
Plainview, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Troy Gascoigne, General Manager
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2014
Sales (in millions): $132.1 (2014) | $109.3 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Plainview
Products: Fluid milk, cream, butter, powders, condensed skim and cream, dry blending
Plants (1): Minnesota: Plainview
Niles, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Julie Smolyansky President/CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $130.2 (2014) | $97.5 (2013) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Lifeway, Helios, Lassi, BasicsPlus, Golden Zeta
Products: Yogurt, cheese (farmer cheese, sweet cheese spread), kefir
Plants (3): Illinois: Morton Grove (kefir); Pennsylvania: Philadelphia (kefir); Wisconsin: Waukesha
Wawa, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Craig Faragalli, Dir., Wawa Beverage
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2013
Sales (in millions): $114.8* (2014) | $93.0* (2013)
Dairy Brands: Wawa
Products: Fluid milk, juice, fruit punch, iced tea
Plants (1): Pennsylvania: Wawa (fluid milk, cream, 100% juice, teas, 10% drinks).
Delray Beach, FL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jon Gutknecht President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $110.0 (2014) | $93.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Hahn’s, Green Mountain Farms, Lombardi’s, Casa Grande Farms, All Season’s Kitchen
Products: Cultured cream cheese, cream cheese, mascarpone, bakers cheese, direct-set cream cheese, organic cream cheese, Greek cream cheese, Neufchatel, Baking Cheeze Blend, yogurt cream cheese, flavored cream cheese dips and spreads
Plants (2): Arizona: Casa Grande (cream cheese and related products) Vermont: Ensoburg Falls (cream cheese and related products)
Amarillo, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Greg Meador, President
Type: C
Parent company: Affiliated Foods of Amarillo
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $107.5 (2014) | $105.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Plains, private labels, Culligan water, Tampico (punch), Red Diamond (tea)
Products: Milk, egg nog, buttermilk, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, water, other nondairy beverages
Plants (1): Texas: Amarillo (milk, water, juice/drinks, tea).
Madison, Wisconsin
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Paul Thomsen, President
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2104
Sales (in millions): $106.3* (2014) | Not Listed (2013)
Dairy Brands: Schoep’s, Gilles
Products: Ice cream, sherbet, novelties, frozen yogurt
Plants (1): Wisconsin: Madison
Harrisburg, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: George Hugh Holder, President
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/2014
Sales (in millions): $105.0 (2014) | $105.0 (2013)
Dairy Brands: Hershey’s Ice Cream
Products: Ice cream, novelties, sherbet, yogurt
Plants (1): Pennsylvania: Harrisburg (ice cream, novelties)
Copyright ©2026. All Rights Reserved BNP Media, Inc. and BNP Media II, LLC.
Design, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing