2016 Dairy 100 26-50
The Dairy 100 List
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.
26. Publix Super Markets
Lakeland, FL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jeff Stephens, VP Manufacturing
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $1,618.1* (2015) | $1,525.0* (2014) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Publix, MorningSong
Products: Milk, ice cream, frozen yogurt, cultured, juice, water, carbonated soft drinks, other beverages
Plants (3): Florida: Deerfield Beach (milk, juice, drinks, water, carbonated beverage, ice), Lakeland (milk, juice, drinks, water, ice cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, dips); Georgia: Dacula (fluid milk, juice, drinks, iced tea, water, ice cream)
27. Unilever
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Kees Kruythoff, President North America
Type: Pu
Parent company: Unilever, London and Rotterdam, NL
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $1,613.2* (2015) | $1,693.5* (2014) Annual Report
Estimated revenues of Refreshment segment in North America. Brands
Dairy Brands: Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Popsicle, Klondike, Good Humor, Magnum, Fruttare, Talenti
Products: Ice cream, gelato, novelties
Plants (6): Georgia: Marietta (Talenti); Missouri: Sikeston 2 (Good Humor, Klondike, Popsicle, Breyers, Magnum); Nevada: Henderson (Good Humor, Klondike, Popsicle, Breyers, Ben and Jerry's); Tennessee: Covington (Good Humor, Fruttare, Klondike, Popsicle, Breyers); Vermont: St. Albans (Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Good Humor), Waterbury (Ben & Jerry's)
28. Foremost Farms USA
Baraboo, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael Doyle, President/CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $1,500.0 (2015) | $1,982.0 (2014)
Dairy Brands: Foremost Farms USA, 1950 127 Brand, Fratellino, Teklac, Daritek, Nutritek, Fast Flo
Products: Cheese (mozzarella, provolone, Cheddar), butter, bulk fluid milk, whey products
Plants (12): Minnesota: Preston (specialty WPC, condensed skim milk, nonfat dry milk); Wisconsin (11): Appleton (LMPS mozzarella, LMWM mozzarella, reduced-fat mozzarella, provolone, smoked provolone, WPC, dry permeate); Chilton (LMPS mozzarella, provolone, smoked provolone, WPC, permeate, condensed skim milk, cream); Clayton (provolone, smoked provolone, condensed WPC, condensed permeate); Lancaster (milled Cheddar, milled marbled Cheddar, condensed whey, condensed WPC, condensed permeate); Marshfield (colored Cheddar, white Cheddar, Colby, farmers cheese, low-fat Cheddar, Monterey jack, condensed whey); Milan (LMPS mozzarella, LMWM mozzarella, reduced-fat mozzarella, reduced-sodium mozzarella, provolone, smoked provolone, asadero, condensed WPC, condensed permeate); Plover (lactose, whole whey powder, organic whole whey powder, organic demineralized whey, WPC powder, heat stable WPC, reduced-minerals whey powder, reduced-minerals WPC, reduced-minerals WPC condensed, buttermilk powder); Reedsburg (butter condensed skim milk, condensed buttermilk, sweet cream); Richland Center (LMPS mozzarella, LMWM mozzarella, condensed whey, WPC, whole whey powder, permeate); Rothschild (dry permeate-feedgrade, pharmaceutical lactose, edible lactose, dry whey-feedgrade); Sparta (grade A nonfat dry milk, grade A cream, grade A condensed whole milk, grade A condensed skim milk, grade A bulk fluid milk, WPC powder, heat stable WPC, cultured skim milk powder, buttermilk powder)
29. Chobani
Norwich, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $1,500.0* (2015) | $1,100.0* (2014)
Dairy Brands: Chobani, Gippsland Dairy
Products: Greek yogurt
Plants (3): New York: South Edmeston; Idaho: Twin Falls; Australia: Dandenong South
30. Grassland Dairy Products Inc.
Greenwood, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Tayt Wuethrich, Chairman; Trevor Wuethrich, President
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $1,425.0* (2015) | $1,425* (2014) Company reported
Dairy Brands: Grassland, Wüthrich, Country Cream, Cloverdale, Nutrose, NutraPro, Golden Goodness, Mountain Lake
Products: Butter, butter oil, butter blends, anhydrous milkfat, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, milk permeate, milk protein concentrate (56, 70, 85), milk protein isolate (90), enhanced nonfat milk solids, condensed skim milk, ultrafiltered milk, fresh cream, barrel cheese
Plants (5): Nebraska: West Point (butter, cream, condensed sweet buttermilk, buttermilk powder, condensed skim milk, NFDM); Utah: Hyrum (butter, cream, condensed sweet buttermilk, buttermilk powder, condensed skim milk,); Wisconsin: Greenwood-2 plants (1-butter, butter oil, AMF, butter blends, condensed skim milk, NFDM, condensed sweet buttermilk, buttermilk powder, cream; 2-milk, UF milk, MPC, whey, WPC, barrel cheeses MPI, Milk Permeate, MsPI), Zachow (butter, cream, condensed buttermilk, buttermilk powder)
31. Savencia
New Holland, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Alex Bongrain, Chairman
Type: Pu
Parent company: Savencia Fromage & Dairy, Viroflay, France
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $1,393.7 (2015) | $1,615.9 (2014) Annual Report
Revenues are from Savencia's non-European operations, and are converted from euros. Includes Advanced Food Products, Alouette and Zausner. Name changed from Bongrain in April 2015.
Dairy Brands: Alouette, Andersen’s, Chavrie, Holsberg, Il Villagio, Ile de France, Saint André, Saladena, Cheese Sauce, Cream Dessert, Nutritional Drinks, Montrachet, Café Classics, Flor de Ronda
Products: Cheese, cream cheese, cheese sauce, dips, spread, puddings, dairy beverages
Plants (7): California: City of Industry (cheese); Los Angeles (cream cheese); Illinois: Lena (cheese); Pennsylvania: New Holland (cream cheese). SFI Corp: New Jersey: Fairfield (specialty cheeses). Advanced Food Products: California: Visalia (cheese sauce, dips, puddings, spreads, dairy beverages), Pennsylvania: New Holland; Wisconsin: Clearlake (cheese sauce, dips, puddings, spreads, dairy beverages)
32. General Mills
Minneapolis, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: David Clark, President, Yogurt
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 5/2016
Listed last year as Yoplait USA. Changed name of Yoplait operating unit to Yogurt. Sales shown are for yogurt and other. Total sales are $10 billion.
Sales (in millions): $1,302.7 (2015) | $1,398.4 (2014) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Yoplait (Original, Light, Thick & Creamy, Greek, Fiber One, Whips, GoGurt, Yoplait Kids, Trix), Mountain High, Liberte
Products: Yogurt, Greek yogurt
Plants (3): California: Carson (yogurt); Michigan: Reed City (yogurt); Tennessee: Murfreesboro (yogurt)
33. Sargento Foods Inc.
Plymouth, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Louie Gentine, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $1,300.0 (2015) | $1,300.0 (2014)
Dairy Brands: Sargento
Products: Cut, package and market natural cheese shreds, slices and snacks; battered and breaded appetizers and sauces
Plants (3): Wisconsin: Plymouth (shredded natural cheeses, sliced natural cheeses, snack natural cheeses); Kiel (IQF battered, breaded appetizers, sliced natural cheeses, shredded natural cheeses, cheese dip snacks); Hilbert (refrigerated and shelf-stable sauces, processed cheeses, chunk cheeses and snacks)
34. H.E. Butt Grocery Co.
San Antonio, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Ken Jorgensen, director of dairy operations
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $1,100.0* (2015) | $1,130.0* (2014)
Dairy Brands: H-E-B, Hill Country Fare
Products: Milk, ice cream, cultured
Plants (3): Texas: Houston (milk, drinks, water), San Antonio-2 plants (both milk, beverages, cultured, ice cream, novelties, frozen desserts).
35. Organic Valley
La Farge, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: George Siemon, CEO
Type: C
Parent company: CROPP Cooperative
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $1,040.0 (2015) | $972.0 (2014)
Dairy Brands: Organic Valley, Organic Prairie, Purity Farms, Stonyfield, Kingdom
Products: Milk, cheese, yogurt, cultured, powders, soy beverages, eggs, meat, product
Plants (2): Wisconsin: Chaseburg (organic butters, ghee, skim reload); LaFarge (organic cheese conversion to retail)
36. Wells Enterprises Inc.
Le Mars, IA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael C. Wells, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $1,028.0 (2015) | $977.0 (2014)
Dairy Brands: Blue Bunny, Bomb Pop, Blue Ribbon Classics, Weight Watchers Frozen Novelties (licensed)
Products: Ice cream, novelties, sherbet, sorbet
Plants (2): Iowa: Le Mars, 2 (packaged ice cream, frozen novelties, frozen yogurt, frozen desserts)
37. Masters Gallery Foods
Plymouth, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jeff Giffin, President/CEO; Jeff Gentine, Co-owner/EVP
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $1,001.0 (2015) | $881.0* (2014)
Dairy Brands: Wisconsin Premium
Products: Cheese (in retail, foodservice and industrial formats), cheese-related items
Plants (1): Wisconsin: Plymouth (cheese: shreds, bars and chunks, natural slices, snack sticks, dices and cubes, prints and loaves, bulk/industrial cheese (20 to 640 lb. blocks)
38. Hormel Foods Corp., Speciality Foods
Austin, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Donald H. Kremin, Group VP, Specialty Foods
Type: Pu
Parent company: Hormel Foods
Fiscal Year End: 10/2015
Sales (in millions): $1,000.0 (2015) | $907.1 (2014) Annual Report
Revenues are for Hormel's entire Specialty Foods segment.
Dairy Brands: Muscle Milk, Hormel Vital Cuisine
Products: Whey products, cheese, dry dairy ingredients, ready-to-drink and powder drinks, liquid portion products, dessert mixes, sports nutrition products, gelatin products, canned meats gelatin products, canned meats
Plants (4): Wisconsin: Sparta (cheese, whey products, dry dairy ingredients, ready-to-drink and powder drinks)
39. Agri-Mark Inc.
Andover, MA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Ed Townley, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $917.0 (2015) | $650.0 (2014)
Dairy Brands: Cabot, McCadam, Agri-Mark
Products: cottage cheese, sour cream, Greek yogurt, butter, cheese (Cheddar, Muenster), ingredients, whey proteins
Plants (4): Massachusetts: West Springfield (butter, cream, condensed products, NFDM); New York: Chateaugay (Cheddar, Muenster, specialty cheese); Vermont: Cabot (Cheddar, cultured), Middlebury (Cheddar, whey protein)
40. Emmi Roth USA
Fitchburg, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Tim Omer, President, Managing Director
Type: Pu
Parent company: Emmi AG, Switzerland
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $851.8 (2015) | $1,071.4 (2014) Sales for the Americas group, converted from CHF. 2014 sales have been revised.
Dairy Brands: Emmi, Kaltbach, Roth, Grand Cru, Buttermilk Blue, Van Gogh
Products: Specialty cheeses
Plants (2): Wisconsin: Monroe (specialty cheese production and curing), Platteville (specialty cheese production and curing)
41. ConAgra Consumer Foods Division
Omaha, NE
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Tom McGough, President, Consumer Foods
Type: Pu
Parent company: ConAgra Foods
Fiscal Year End: 5/2016
Sales (in millions): $828.7* (2015) | $832.0* Annual Report
Estimated revenues of dairy products. Total company revenues were $11.6 billion.
Dairy Brands: Reddi-wip, Blue Bonnet, Fleischmann’s, Parkay, Snack Pack, Marie Callender's, Swiss Miss, Healthy Choice
Products: Ice cream, whipped topping, margarine and spreads, pudding, frozen Greek yogurt
Plants (4): Indiana: Indianapolis (table spreads); Iowa: Waterloo (aseptic pudding); Michigan: Holland (Reddi-wip real cream and whipped toppings); Missouri: St. Louis (liquid eggs).
42. Fonterra (USA Inc.)
Rosemont, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Mark Piper, President/COO
Type: C
Parent company: Fonterra, New Zealand
Fiscal Year End: 7/2015
Sales (in millions): $802.9 (2015) | $721.1 (2014) ) Annual Report
USA revenues only, converted from NZ$. Total company revenues = NZ$18.8 billion.
Dairy Brands: Mainland, Anchor, Anlene, Anmum, NZMP
Products: Cheese, cream, butter, whey proteins, milk proteins, casein/caseinates, organics
Plants (9): Iowa: Allerton (whey powder); Minnesota: Dalbo (hard Italian cheeses); Missouri: El Dorado Springs (whey powders); Pennsylvania: Hummelstown (flavor systems); South Dakota: Pollock (hard Italian cheeses); Wisconsin: Bruce (whey powder dry/blend facility); Chili (grated Italian cheeses), Greenwood (grated Italian cheeses). DairiConcepts joint venture in Springfield, Mo.
43. United Dairymen of Arizona
Tempe, AZ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Keith Murfield, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/2015
Sales (in millions): $800.1 (2015) | $1,036.1 (2014)
Dairy Brands: Arizona Farms, Seal of Arizona
Products: Milk, powders, milk proteins, butter, condensed products, cream, lactose
Plants (1): Arizona: Tempe (milk, powder, proteins, butter, condensed, cream, lactose)
44. Upstate Niagara Cooperative
Buffalo, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Lawrence C. Webster, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $775.5 (2015) | $863.0 (2014)
Dairy Brands: Upstate Farms, Bison, Intense Milk, Valley Farms, Gold Cow
Products: Milk, ice cream mix, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, dips, evaporated milk, powders, butter, condenses, liquid milk protein concentrate, organic, kosher
Plants (6): New York: Batavia (milk-based beverages, powders, butter, evaporated milk, liquid milk protein concentrate), Buffalo (milk, juice, ice cream mix), Rochester (milk, cream, drinks), West Seneca (yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, dips), North Lawrence (yogurt); Pennsylvania: Williamsport (milk, half & half, heavy cream, single serve drinks, buttermilk, soft serve mix)
45. Milk Specialties Global
Eden Prairie, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: David Lenzmeier, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 6/2015
Sales (in millions): $757.0 (2015) | $760.0 (2014)
Dairy Brands: Energy Booster
Products: Human: whey protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, milk protein concentrates and isolates. dry whey, lactose, permeate. Animal: Energy Booster, PEF’s (protein encapsulated fats), milk replacers
Plants (9): California: Visalia (MPC, MPI); Illinois: Paris (Energy Booster); Nebraska: Norfolk (organic WPC 80, organic lactose, organic milk proteins); Wisconsin: Fond du Lac (WPI, WPC 80, dry whey), Adell (lactose, permeate, protein encapsulated fats/PEF), Wautoma (co-manufacturing), New Holstein (milk replacers, PEF), Boscobel (Energy Booster, PEF, milk teplacers); Minnesota: Mountain Lake (WPC 80, WPI)
46. T. Marzetti Co.
Columbus, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: John B. Gerlach Jr., Chairman/President/ CEO
Type: Pu
Parent company: Lancaster Colony Corp.
Fiscal Year End: 6/2015
Sales (in millions): $728.0 (2015) | $685.0 (2014) Annual Report
Total retail net sales for calendar year, including nondairy food items.
Dairy Brands: Marzetti, T. Marzetti, Otria, Pfeiffer, Simply Dressed, Cardini’s Girard’s
Products: Refrigerated salad dressings (dairy and nondairy), shelf-stable salad dressings, vegetable dips, fruit dips, sauces
Plants (3): California: Militas (sauces, dressings); Kentucky: Horse Cave (sauces, dressings); Ohio: Columbus (sauces, dressings, dips, sour cream)
47. Johanna Foods Inc.
Flemington, NJ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Robert Facchina, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $656.5* (2015) | $100.0 (2014)
Dairy Brands: La Yogurt, Tree Ripe, Ssips, Sabor Latino, Earth Wise, Citrus Sunshine, Washington Natural
Products: Yogurt, juices, aseptic juices, teas and drinks
Plants (2): New Jersey: Flemington; Washington: Spokane.
48. Tillamook County Creamery Assn.
Tillamook, OR
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Patrick Criteser, President/CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $654.7* (2015) | $759.5 (2014)
Dairy Brands: Tillamook, Bandon
Products: Cheddar cheese varieties (medium, sharp, extra sharp, smoked, reduced fat and Kosher), Monterey Jack, Colby, Colby Jack, Pepper Jack, Hot Habanero Jack, ice cream, concentrated whey, WPC 34, WPC 80, lactose
Plants (2): Oregon: Tillamook (Cheddar cheese, ice cream, whey; ) Boardman, (Cheddar cheese, stirred curd cheese, WPC 80, lactose powder)
49. Stremicks Heritage Foods
Santa Ana, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Louis J. Stremick, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/2015
Sales (in millions): $620.0 (2015) | $570.0 (2014)
Dairy Brands: Stremicks Heritage, 8th Continent, Kern’s Nectar & Teas. Co-pack Nesquik, Coffee-Mate
Products: Fluid milk, juice, coffee beverages, nondairy creamers, rice/soy drinks, protein, almond, coconut beverages, soups, yogurt-based beverages, milk-based beverages
Plants (4): California: Riverside (coffee creamers, juices, milk beverages, coffee-based beverages, aseptic; Santa Ana: (UHT milk, ice cream mix, creamers, cream, half & half, juices) Missouri: Joplin (yogurt-based beverages, milk, other beverages, coffee creamers, soups) Utah: Cedar City (rice and soy drinks, creamers, juices, almond & coconut beverages)
50. First District Association
Litchfield, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Clinton Fall, President
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/2015
Sales (in millions): $615.7 (2015) | $745.8 (2014)
Dairy Brands: Fieldgate WPC, Simplesse, Lactose, Sweet Energy
Products: Cheese (Cheddar barrels, long-hold Cheddar barrels, Gouda barrels, Monterey Jack barrels, non-traditional Swiss barrels), WPC, lactose
Plants (1): Minnesota: Litchfield (milk, cheese, WPC, lactose).