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Home » 2016 Dairy 100

2016 Dairy 100

Top 100 Dairy Companies

Dairy Foods’ 23rd annual report identifies the largest dairy processors in North America.

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Headquarters States of the Dairy 100

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Headquarters States of the Dairy 100

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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.

1 - 25 26 - 50 51 - 75 76 - 100

1. Nestlé USA

Glendale, CA

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Paul Grimwood, CEO

Type: Pu

Parent Company: Nestle, Vevey Switzerland

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions):$11,623.2* (2015) | $9,700.0 (2014) Annual Report
Estimated sales in USA of ice cream, milk products, water and powdered/liquid beverages.

Dairy Brands: Nestle Ice Cream, Dreyer’s/Edy’s Grand & Slow Churned, Dibs, Outshine, Drumstick, Push-Up, Frosty Paws, Eskimo Pie, Skinny Cow, Häagen-Dazs, Nesquik, Coffee-mate, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Wonka

Products: Packaged ice cream, ice cream bars, frozen fruit bars, frozen snacks, frozen dairy desserts, sorbet, frozen yogurt, milk-based beverages, coffee

Plants (9): California: Bakersfield (ice cream, sherbet, novelties, frozen desserts), Tulare (ice cream, novelties, frozen yogurt, sorbet); Illinois: Jacksonville (Coffee-mate creamer); Indiana: Fort Wayne (ice cream, novelties); Anderson (RTD flavored milk, liquid nondairy creamers); Iowa: Waverly (Nestle Carnation instant breakfast, hot cocoa, Coffee-mate, Nestea, Nesquik strawberry); Maryland: Laurel (ice cream, frozen desserts, novelties); New Jersey: Freehold (Taster’s Choice soluble coffee, Nestea soluble tea); Utah: Salt Lake City (ice cream, sherbet, frozen desserts).


2. Dean Foods Co.

Dallas, TX

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Gregg Tanner, CEO

Type: Pu

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $8,121.7 (2015) | $9,503.2 (2014) Annual Report

Dairy Brands: Alta Dena, Arctic Splash, Barbers Dairy, Barbe’s, Berkeley Farms, Broughton, Brown Cow, Brown’s Dairy, Bud’s Ice Cream, Chug, Country Fresh, Country Love, Creamland, Dairy Ease, DairyPure, Dean’s, Fieldcrest, Fruit Rush, Gandy’s, Garelick Farms, Hygeia, Jilbert, Knudsen (licensed brand) Land O Lakes (licensed brand), Land-O-Sun & design, Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms, Louis Trauth Dairy Inc., Mayfield, McArthur, Meadow Brook, Meadow Gold, Mile High Ice Cream, Model Dairy, Morning Glory, Nature’s Pride, Nurture, Nutty Buddy, Oak Farms, Over the Moon, Pet (licensed brand) Pog (licensed brand), Price’s, Purity, Reiter, Robinson, Saunders, Schepps, Shenandoah’s Pride, Stroh’s, Swiss Dairy, Swiss Premium, TruMoo, T.G. Lee, Tuscan, Turtle Tracks, Verifine, Viva

Products: milk, ice cream, cultured dairy products, creamers, juices, bottled water and teas

Plants (67): Alabama: Homewood (2); California: Buena Park, City of Industry (2), Hayward; Colorado: Englewood, Greeley; Florida: Deland, Miami, Orlando; Georgia: Braselton; Hawaii: Hilo, Honolulu; Idaho: Boise; Illinois: Belvidere, Harvard, Huntley, O’Fallon, Rockford; Indiana: Decatur, Huntington, Rochester; Iowa: LeMars; Kentucky: Louisville; Louisiana: New Orleans; Massachusetts: Franklin, Lynn; Michigan: Grand Rapids, Livonia, Marquette; Minnesota: Thief River Falls, Woodbury; Montana: Billings, Great Falls; Nevada: North Las Vegas, Reno; New Jersey: Florence; New Mexico: Albuquerque; New York: Rensselaer; North Carolina: High Point, Winston-Salem; North Dakota: Bismarck; Oklahoma: Tulsa; Ohio: Marietta, Springfield, Toledo; Pennsylvania: Erie, Lansdale, Lebanon, Schuylkill Haven, Sharpsville; South Carolina: Spartanburg; South Dakota: Sioux Falls; Tennessee: Athens, Nashville (2); Texas: Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Lubbock, McKinney, San Antonio; Utah: Orem, Salt Lake City; Virginia: Richmond; Wisconsin: Ashwaubenon.


3. Saputo Inc.

Montreal, Québec

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Lino A. Saputo Jr., CEO, Vice COB

Type: Pu

Fiscal Year End: 3/2016

Sales (in millions): $7,313.7 (2015) | $8,036.9 (2014) Revenues from Canada, USA. Total revenues = $8.3 billion Annual Report

Dairy Brands: Saputo, Alexis de Portneuf, Armstrong, COON, Cracker Barrel*, Dairyland, DairyStar, Friendship Dairies, Frigo Cheese Heads, La Paulina, Milk2Go/Lait’s Go, Neilson, Nutrilait, Scotsburn*, Stella, Sungold, Treasure Cave and Woolwich Dairy.

Products: Cheese, fluid milk, extended shelf-life milk and cream products, cultured products and dairy ingredients, plant based foods and beverages

Plants (51): United States (25), including Cheese Division (USA): South Gate, Calif.; Tulare, Calif. (3); Newman, Calif.; Big Stone City, S.D.; Almena, Wis.; Green Bay, Wis.; Fond du Lac, Wis.; Lena, Wis.; Monroe, Wis.; Reedsburg, Wis.; Waupun, Wis.; Black Creek, Wis. (producing Mozzarella, Provolone, String, Parmesan, Romano, Asiago, Fontinella, Gorgonzola, Cheddar, Edam, Colby, Colby Jack, Fontina, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Muenster, Lorraine, fresh frozen Mozzarella, snack sticks, WPC-80 instant and non-instant, WPC-34, dry sweet whey, acid whey, deproteinized whey powder, lactose, supervised kosher, shredding, cutting and packaging), Lancaster, Wis. (producing goat cheese) & Dairy Foods Division (USA): Gustine, Calif.; Sulphur Springs, Texas; White Bear Lake, Minn.; Decatur, Ala; Murray, Ky.; Newington, Conn; Frederick, Md.; Fraser, N.Y. (producing ice cream mix, specialty beverages, half and half, whipping cream, dairy creamer, aerosol whipped topping); Tulare, Calif; Friendship, N.Y. (producing cottage cheese, sour cream, buttermilk, dry curd, Farmer’s cheese). CANADA (24), including Abbotsford, BC; Burnaby, BC; Courtenay, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Red Deer, AB; Saskatoon, SK; Brandon, MB; Georgetown, ON; Tavistock, ON; Trenton, ON; Mont-Laurier, QC; Plessisville, QC; Saint-Hyacinthe, QC; Saint-Léonard, QC; Saint-Raymond de Portneuf, QC; Saint John, NB; Dartmouth, NS; Mount Pearl, NS (producing Mozzarella & Cheddar, Ricotta, Provolone, Parmesan, Feta & Havarti, Brie & Camembert, Brick, Colby, Farmer, Muenster & Monterey Jack, fresh curd, processed cheeses, fluid milk, cream, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, butter, powdered milk, evaporated milk, ice cream mixes, whey powder, lactose & whey protein), Orangeville, ON (producing goat cheese). Aregentia (2), Australia (2).


4. Schreiber Foods

Green Bay, WI

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael J. Haddad, President/CEO

Type: Pr

Fiscal Year End: 10/2015

Sales (in millions): $5,000.0 (2015) | $5,000.0 (2014)

Dairy Brands:Schreiber, School Choice, Cooper, Clearfield Deli, La Feria, Menu, American Heritage, Pauly, Raskas, Ready-cut

Products: Cheese, cream cheese, blends, yogurt, yogurt drinks, dairy desserts, specialty cheeses

Plants (29): United States (15): Arizona: Tempe; California: Fullerton; Missouri: Carthage-2 plants, Clinton, Monett, Mount Vernon; Pennsylvania: Shippensburg; Texas: Stephenville; Utah: Logan, Smithfield; Wisconsin: Green Bay, Richland Center-2 plants, West Bend. Other plants(14): Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, India-3 plants, Mexico, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain-3 plants


5. Agropur Cooperative

Longueuil, Quebec

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Robert Coallier, CEO

Type: C

Fiscal Year End: 10/2015

Sales (in millions): $4,481.3 (2015) | $3,747.5 (2014) Converted from Cdn$. 2013 sales are re-stated. Acquired Davisco Foods, M. Larivee, Sobey’s dairy processing operations. Annual Report

Dairy Brands: ANCO, Iogo (joint venture with Ultima Foods), Natrel, Québon, Sealtest, Island Farms, Dyna Moo, Oka, Farmers, Central Dairies, Allegro, Damafro, masters Reserve, Iogo, Olympic

Products: Cheeses, butter, milk, specialty milk, yogurt

Plants (40): including Idaho: Jerome (acquired from Davisco, producing Cheddar, mozzarella, provolone, hard Italian cheeses, shredded cheeses, WPI, WPC, DPW, SDW); Iowa: Hull (cheese and ingredients); Michigan: Grand Rapids (Natrel division); Minnesota: LeSueur 2 plants acquired from Davisco (1-Cheddar, hard Italian cheeses, lactose, WPI, WPC, lactose; 2-custom processing), Maplewood (Schroeder milk); South Dakota: Lake Norden 2 plants acquired from Davisco (1-mozzarella, provolone, hard Italian cheeses, lactose, WPC, 2-custom processing); Wisconsin: La Crosse (Main Street Ingredients, cheese and ingredients); Little Chute (cheese and ingredients); Luxemburg (cheese and ingredients); Weyauwega (cheese and ingredients). Canada: Alberta: Edmonton 2 plants (formerly Sobeys), Lethbridge (cheese and ingredients); British Columbia: Burnaby (formerly Sobeys), Chilliwack (Natrel division), Delta (Ultima Foods Inc. joint venture, Olympic Dairy), Victoria (Natrel division, Island Farms); Manitoba: Winnipeg (formerly Sobeys); New Brunswick: Miramichi (milk);Ontario: Ottawa (Natrel division), Toronto (Natrel division), Woodstock (cheese and ingredients); Quebec: Amqui (Natrel division), Beauceville (cheese and ingredients), Granby (cheese and ingredients), Granby (Ultima Foods Inc. joint venture), Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (cheese and ingredients), Oka (fine cheese division), Plessisville (cheese and ingredients), Quebec City (Natrel division), Saint-Bruno (Natrel division), Saint-Hyacinthe (fine cheese division), Saint-Laurent (Natrel division). Argentina (2). Ferreyra (La Lacteo joint venture); Villa Del Rosario (La Lacteo joint venture).


6. Land O’Lakes Inc.

Arden Hills, MN

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Chris Policinski, President/CEO

Type: C

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $4,000.0 (2015) | $5,098.1 (2014) Annual Report

Dairy Brands: Land O’Lakes, Kozy Shack, Alpine Lace, Sauté Express Seasoned Meal Starter

Products: Cheese, butter, yogurt, ingredients, pudding

Plants (8): California: Orland (cheese), Tulare (cheese, butter, cultured); Minnesota: Melrose-JV DFA (cheese), Pine Island (dried cheese/seasonings); Ohio: Kent (spreads); Pennsylvania: Carlisle (butter); Wisconsin: Kiel (cheese), Spencer (processed cheese)


7. Dairy Farmers of America Inc.

Kansas City, MO

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Rick Smith, President/CEO

Type: C

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $3,791.0 (2015) | $5,005.0 (2014)

Dairy Brands: Borden Cheese, Borden Butter, Breakstone’s, Cache Valley Cheese, Cache Valley Butter, California Gold, Cass-Clay Creamery, Dairy Maid Dairy, Falfurrias, Guida’s Milk, Hotel Bar, Keller’s Creamery, Kemps, La Vaquita, Oakhurst Dairy, Plugra, Sport Shake

Products: Fluid milk, chocolate milk, condensed milk, sweetened condensed milk, cream, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, butter, cheese (American-style, Gouda, hard Italian, artisanal Hispanic, longhorn Cheddar, Monterey jack, pepper jack and specialty cheese), ice cream, sherbets, sorbets, ingredients, juice, fruit punch

Plants (41): California: Hughson (butter, condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk), Turlock (Italian-style cheese, liquid whey), Ventura (dairy-based coffee beverages); Colorado: Fort Morgan (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk); Connecticut: New Britain cream, ice cream mixes, milk, fruit drinks, fruit juices, water); Indiana: Goshen (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk); Iowa: Allerton (nutritional and functional milk protein ingredients); Kansas: Garden City (whole milk powder, skim milk powder, nonfat dry milk and cream); Maine: Portland (butter, buttermilk, cottage cheese, cream, flavored milk, fluid milk, fruit juice, sour cream and tea); Maryland: Frederick (fruit drinks, juice, milk); Michigan: Adrian (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk), Cass City (cream, condensed whole and skim milk); Minnesota: Winthrop (anhydrous milkfat, butterfat blends, sweetened condensed milk), Zumbrota (American-style cheese, cream powders, fluid whey, Gouda, hard Italian, specialty cheeses), Rochester 2 plants (fluid milk, ice cream, light ice cream, sherbets, yogurt-based drinks), Dalbo (hard Italian cheese), Farmington (cottage cheese, dips, smoothies, sour cream), Minneapolis (fluid milk, other beverages); Missouri: Springfield (dairy-based coffee beverages), Cabool (adult nutritional beverages, dairy-based coffee beverages, energy protein beverages, Sport Shake) , El Dorado Springs (cheese powders); Nevada: Fallon ( whole and skim milk powder); New Mexico: Portales (condensed skim, cream, milk permeate powder, milk protein concentrate, nonfat and skim milk powders); New York: Batavia (TBD), Pavilion (cream and skim); North Dakota: Fargo (butter, cottage cheese, cream, dips, fluid milk, ice cream, juice, sour cream, yogurt); Pennsylvania: Middlebury Center (condensed milk, cream, cream powder, malted milk powder, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder), Reading (cream, condensed milk, malted milk powder, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder), Mechanicsburg (dairy-based coffee beverages), West Middlesex (industrial shredded cheese, process cheese), New Wilmington (dry whey, Italian-style cheese), Hummelstown (Amplifi concentrated ingredients) South Dakota: Pollock (hard Italian cheese); Texas: Winnsboro (anhydrous milkfat, butter, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, sweet cream), Schulenburg (dairy dips and salsa), Houston (artisanal Hispanic cheeses and creams); Utah: Beaver (condensed milk, cream, longhorn cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper Jack); Wisconsin: Bruce (cheese and dairy powders), Chili (hard Italian cheese), Cedarburg (fluid milk, orange juice)


8. Kroger Co. The

Cincinnati, OH

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Erin Sharp, Group VP Manufacturing

Type: Pu

Fiscal Year End: 1/2016

Sales (in millions): $3,087.1* (2015) | $2,901.4* (2014) Annual Report

Dairy Brands:  Kroger, Private Selection, Turkey Hill, Simple Truth, regional banner brands

Products: Milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, sour cream, dips, organic milk, juices, drinks, water, ice cream, novelties, tea, whipping cream, process cheese, natural cheese

Plants (20): Arizona: Tolleson (Tolleson Dairy); California: Compton (Compton Creamery), Riverside (Riverside Creamery); Colorado: Denver (Mountain View Dairy); Georgia: Atlanta (Centennial Farms Dairy); Indiana: Indianapolis (Crossroad Farms Dairy), Crawfordsville (Pace Dairy of Indiana); Kansas: Hutchinson (Jackson Dairy); Kentucky: Winchester (Winchester Dairy Farms); Michigan: Livonia (Michigan Dairy); Minnesota: Rochester (Pace Dairy); Ohio: Cincinnati (Springdale Ice Cream & Beverage), Newark (Tamarack Farms Dairy); Oregon: Portland (Swan Island Dairy); Pennsylvania: Conestoga (Turkey Hill Dairy); North Carolina: High Point (Hunter Farms) Tennessee: Murfreesboro (Heritage Farms Dairy); Texas: Fort Worth (Vandervoort’s Dairy); Utah: Layton (Layton Dairy); Virginia: Lynchburg (Westover Dairy)


9. Leprino Foods Co.

Denver, CO

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: James Leprino, Chairman

Type: Pr

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $3,000.0* (2015) | $3,059.1* (2014) Forbes estimate

Dairy Brands: Ascent Performance, proprietary brands

Products: Mozzarella, reduced-fat Monterey jack, provolone, reduced-fat Cheddar, cheese blends, whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate, sweet whey, and lactose

Plants (9 USA): California: Lemoore East (cheese, dairy powders), Lemoore West (cheese, dairy powders), Tracy (cheese, dairy powders); Colorado: Fort Morgan (Cheese, dairy powders), Greeley (cheese, dairy powders); Michigan: Allendale (Cheese, dairy powders), Remus (cheese, dairy powders); New Mexico: Roswell (cheese, dairy powders); New York: Waverly (cheese, dairy powders). Internationally, the company has commercial offices in Singapore, Shanghai and Japan. It also has two joint venture plants with Glanbia plc in Northern Ireland and Wales


10. Grupo LaLa

Mexico City, Mexico

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Arquimedes Celis, CEO

Type: Pu

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $2,919.3 (2015) | $2,904.1 (2014) Converted from Mexican pesos. Annual Report

Dairy Brands: LaLa

Products: Milk, functional dairy products

Plants (1): Mexico.


11. Great Lakes Cheese Co.

Hiram, OH

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Dan Zagzebski, President/CEO

Type: Pr

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $2,800.0 (2015) | $3,150.0 (2014)

Dairy Brands: Great Lakes, Adams Reserve, Rico Mia, American Accent, Thoughtful Organics

Products: Cheese, processed cheese, whey products

Plants (9): New York: Adams (Cheddar, Monterey Jack, WPC, WPI, other whey products), Cuba-Empire Cheese (mozzarella, provolone, whey products); Ohio: Hiram (cut/wrap); Utah: Filmore (cut/wrap); Wisconsin: LaCrosse (processed cheese), Plymouth (cut/wrap), Seymour (blue cheese), Wausau (cut/wrap); Tennessee: Manchester (cut/wrap)


12. Prairie Farms Dairy

Carlinville, IL

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Edward L. Mullins, CEO/Executive VP

Type: C

Fiscal Year End: 9/2015

Sales (in millions): $2,000.0 (2015) | $2,993.0 (2014)

Dairy Brands: Prairie Farms Dairy, Hiland Dairy, Turner Dairy, Belfonte, North Star

Products: Milk, egg nog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, butter, ice cream, novelties, sherbets, sorbets, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, coffee beverages and creamers

Plants (35): Illinois: Carlinville (milk, fruit drinks); Carbondale (cultured); Decatur (frozen dessert, ice cream); Granite City (milk, cream products, ice cream mix, iced coffee); O’Fallon (ice cream, ice cream mix); Olney (milk); Peoria (milk); Quincy (cultured); Springfield (ice cream mix); Indiana: Anderson (milk, juice/drinks, teas, ice cream mix); Ft. Wayne (milk, cultured, ice cream mix, drinks); Holland (milk, juice/drinks); Lafayette (novelties); Iowa: Dubuque (milk, juice/drinks); Kentucky: Somerset (milk, juice/drinks); Michigan: Battle Creek (milk, juice/drinks); Mississippi: Kosciusko (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix); Missouri: Jefferson City (milk, juice/drinks, cultured, ice cream, ice cream mix); St. Louis (novelties); Ohio: Dayton (creamers). Joint Venture Facilities -- Hiland Dairy Foods (DFA): Kansas: Kansas City (ice cream, cultured); Springfield (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mixes); Arkansas: Fayetteville (milk, juice); Ft. Smith (milk, fruit drink/juice); Kansas: Wichita (milk, cultured, fruit drink, ice cream mix); Oklahoma: Chandler (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix, cultured); Norman, (milk, fruit drink). Hiland Dairy: Missouri: Kansas City (milk, juice/drinks); Nebraska: Norfolk (ice cream), Omaha (milk, sour cream, ice cream mix, fruit juice/drink); Turner Dairy (Prairie Farms/Hiland): Arkansas: Little Rock (milk, juice/drinks); Kentucky: Fulton (milk, fruit drink/juice); Tennessee: Memphis (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix); Muller Pinehurst (Midwest Dairymen’s Co-op): Illinois: Rockford (milk, drinks, ice cream, ice cream mix); Madison Farms (Land O’Lakes): Missouri: St. Louis (butter oil)


13. Kraft Foods Cheese & Dairy Division

Pittsburgh, PA and Chicago

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Howard Friedman, President, Cheese & Dairy division

Type: Pu

Parent company: Kraft Foods Group

Fiscal Year End: 1/2016

Sales (in millions): $2,795.0 (2015) | $4,066.0 (2014) Annual Report Listed last year as Kraft Foods Cheese & Dairy Division. Sales are for Cheese and dairy segment only. Total company sales were $18.3 billion.

Dairy Brands: Athenos, Breakstone’s, Cracker Barrel, Fresh Take, Grated Parmesan, Knudsen, Natural Cheese, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Polly-O, Singles, Velveeta

Products: Natural Cheese, Processed Cheese, Greek yogurt, cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese and cheese blends

Plants (10): California: Tulare; Illinois: Champaign; Minnesota: Albany; New Ulm; Missouri: Springfield; New York: Campbell, Lowville, Walton; Wisconsin: Beaver Dam, Wausau


14. WhiteWave Foods

Broomfield, CO

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Kevin C. Yost , President, Americas Foods & Beverages; Gregg L. Engles, CEO

Type: Pu

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $2,767.8 (2015) | $2,350.8 (2014) Annual Report

Sales shown are for Americas Foods & Beverages segment. Total sales, including organic produce, were $3.86 billion.

Dairy Brands: Alpro (Europe), Silk, International Delight, Horizon, Wallaby, Land O Lakes (licensed brand), TruMoo (licensed brand) single-serve milk boxes

Products: Fluid milk, coffee creamers, eggnog, half & half, heavy whipping cream, iced coffee, cheese, butter, yogurt, Greek yogurt, kefir, sour cream, cottage cheese, macaroni & cheese, plant-based foods and beverages

Plants (7 USA, 3 Europe): California: City of Industry, San Juan Bautista; Florida: Jacksonville; New Jersey: Bridgeton; Pennsylvania: DuBois; Texas: Dallas; Virginia: Mt. Crawford. Europe: Wevelgem, Belgium; Issenheim, France; Kettering, UK


15. Danone North America

White Plains, NY

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Mariano Lozano, CEO/President of Dannon Co.

Type: Pu

Parent company: Groupe Danone S.A., France

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $2,100.0 (2014) | $2,000.0 (2013) Annual Report

Fresh dairy sales in USA and Canada, including Stonyfield.

Dairy Brands: Dannon, Activia, Oikos, Light & Fit, Danimals, Dan-o-nino, YoCream, YoFarm, Stonyfield

Products: Yogurt, Greek yogurt, drinkable yogurts, smoothies, frozen yogurt, water

Plants (5): Ohio: Minster (yogurt and dairy drinks); Oregon: Portland (frozen yogurt); Texas: Ft. Worth (yogurt); Utah: West Jordan (yogurt and dairy drinks). Canada: Boucherville (yogurt, yogurt drinks)


16. Parmalat North America

Toronto, Canada

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Yvon Guérin, CEO, group GM

Type: Pu

Parent company: Lactalis Group, France

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $2,613.1 (2015) | $2,863.0 (2014) Annual Report

Dairy Brands: Astro, Beatrice, Black Diamond, Galbani, Lactantia, Precious, President, Sorrento

Products: Milk, buttermilk, cream, ice cream mix, sour cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, butter, French cheeses, Italian cheese, dairy ingredients, soy beverages

Plants (19): 3 in USA. Idaho, Nampa (mozzarella, snacks); New York: Buffalo (mozzarella, provolone, ricotta); Wisconsin: Merrill (cheese spreads). Canada (16). Alberta: Calgary (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, buttermilk); Lethbridge (yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese); Manitoba: Grunthal (cheese); St. Claude (butter, milk powders, evaporated products); Winnipeg (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes); Ontario: Belleville (cheese); Brampton (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, soy beverages, lactose reduced products, eggnog), Mitchell (butter, cream cheese, evaporated products, SWC); Niagara on the Lake (yogurt, sour cream, yogurt drinks); Sudbury (milk cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, buttermilk); Thunder Bay (milk, cream); Rakely (yogurt, sour cream); Winchester (butter, cheese, whey powder and liquids, skim powder and liquids, buttermilk powders, margarine cups); Quebec: Laverlochere (butter, evaporated products, milk powders); Montreal (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, buttermilk, eggnog); St. Hyacinthe (milk, cream); Victoriaville (butter, cheese, evaporated products, milk powders, margarine, special ingredient powders)


17. California Dairies Inc.

Visalia, CA

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Andrei Mikhalevsky, President/CEO

Type: C

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $2,528.4* (2015) | $2,800.0 (2014)  

Dairy Brands: California Dairies, Challenge Dairy Products, Danish Creamery

Products: Butter, ingredients, powdered milk, AMF, cream cheese, UF products, cream and condensed

Plants (6): California: Artesia (standardized milk, cream, condensed, powder); Fresno (butter, powder, cream, condensed); Los Banos (powder, cream cheese, cream, condensed, UF products); Tipton (butter, powder, cream, condensed); Turlock (butter, powder); Visalia (butter, AMF, powder, cream, condensed)


18. Post Holdings

Minnetonka, MN

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: James E. Dwyer Jr., CEO, Michael Foods Group

Type: Pu

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $2,305.7* (2015) | $874.8 (2014)  Annual Report

Revenues for Michael Foods Group only, which includes eggs and other nondairy foods.

Dairy Brands: Crystal Farms, Crescent Valley, Westfield Farms, David's Deli

Products: Cheese, butter

Plants (1): Wisconsin: Lake Mills (cheese packaging)


19. Glanbia Foods Inc.

Twin Falls, ID

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Steve Lovejoy, COO

Type: Pu

Parent company: Glanbia PLC, Kilkenny, Ireland

Fiscal Year End: 1/2016

Sales (in millions): $2,143.2 (2015) | $2,326.0 (2014) Annual Report

Listed as Glanbia Foods in last report. USA sales, converted from euros. Total sales were 3.5 billion euros.

Dairy Brands: None

Products: Cheese (barrels and blocks), conventional and organic cheeses including Cheddar, Colby, Colby Jack, pepper Jack, Monterey Jack, Muenster, Asadero, queso quesadilla, , whey products

Plants (5): Idaho: Blackfoot (cheese), Gooding (cheese/whey products), Richfield (whey), Twin Falls (cheese); New Mexico: Clovis (cheese/whey products), a Southwest Cheese joint venture


20. Darigold Inc.

Seattle, WA

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Stan Ryan, President/CEO

Type: C

Fiscal Year End: 3/2016

Sales (in millions): $2,100.0 (2015) | $2,600.0 (2014)  

Dairy Brands: Darigold

Products: Fluid milk, egg nog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, butter, Cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, dairy ingredients

Plants (11): Idaho: Boise (fluid milk, ultra-pasteurized fluid products, cultured products); Caldwell (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, milk protein concentrate, bulk cream, butter, buttermilk powder); Jerome (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, milk protein concentrate, ultra-filtered milk products, bulk cream, condensed products); Washington: Issaquah (cultured products, butter); Seattle (fluid milk); Spokane (fluid milk, sour cream); Chehalis (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder, other dry dairy ingredients, bulk cream, whey, whey protein concentrate, buttermilk powder); Lynden (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, other dry dairy ingredients, bulk cream); Sunnyside (cheese, dry whey, whey protein concentrate); Oregon: Portland (ultra-pasteurized fluid products); Montana: Bozeman (fluid milk)


21. Hilmar Cheese Co.

Hilmar, CA

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: David Ahlem, CEO

Type: Pr

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $2,100.0 (2015) | $2,500.0 (2014) 

Dairy Brands: None

Products: Natural-style cheeses (Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Colby and Colby Jack), WPC, WPI, WPH, lactose

Plants (2): California: Hilmar (40-pound and 640-pound block natural American-style cheeses, Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Colby and Colby Jack, WPC, WPI, WPH; lactose); Texas, Dalhart (40-pound and 640-pound block natural cheeses, Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Colby and Colby Jack; WPC, WPI)


22. HP Hood LLC

Lynnfield, MA

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: John A. Kaneb, President/Chairman/CEO

Type: Pr

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $2,000.0 (2015) | $2,300.0 (2014)  

Dairy Brands: Axelrod, Booth Bros., Brigham’s Ice Cream, Calorie Countdown, Crowley Foods, Green’s, Hagan, Heluva Good!, Hood, Maggio, Penn Maid, Simply Smart Milk. Licensed Brands: Lactaid Dairy Products, Baileys Coffee Creamers, Blue Diamond Almond Breeze, Fiber One Cottage Cheese

Products: Fluid milk, eggnog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, ice cream, sherbets, sorbets, novelties, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, other nondairy beverages

Plants (12): California: Sacramento (aseptic and UHT fluid products); Connecticut: Suffield (ice cream, novelties, frozen desserts); Maine: Portland (milk); Massachusetts: Agawam (milk, juices, drinks); New Hampshire: Concord (fluid); New York: Arkport (cultured), LaFargeville (cultured), Oneida (UHT fluid products), Vernon (cultured); Pennsylvania: Philadelphia (UHT products); Virginia: Winchester (aseptic and UHT fluid products); Vermont: Barre (milk)


23. Borden Dairy Co.

Dallas, TX

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael A. Bell, COO

Type: Pr

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $2,000.0* (2015) | $2,000.0* (2014) 

Dairy Brands: Borden, LaLa, Promised Land, Skim Plus, Frusion

Products: Milk, ESL milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, dips, sour cream, frozen dessert mixes, milkshake mixes, juices, drinks

Plants (20): Alabama: Cowarts (milk), Pritchard (milk); Colorado: Colorado Springs (milk, buttermilk, cottage cheese, creams, dips, sour cream)’ Georgia: Decatur (frozen dessert mixes); Florida: Miami ( milk, cream, eggnog), Winter Haven (milk, cream); Kentucky: London (milk), Madisonville ( milk, cream); Louisiana: Baker (milk, eggnog), Lafayette (milk, buttermilk); Mississippi: Hattiesburg (milk); Nebraska: Omaha (yogurt); New Jersey: Wallington (milk, ESL milk, cream); Ohio: Cleveland (milk, cottage cheese, dips, cream, sour cream, yogurt), Cincinnati (milk); South Carolina: Charleston (milk, buttermilk, cream); Texas: Austin (milk, cream, juice/drinks, milkshake mixes), Conroe (milk, cream), Dallas (milk, cream), Floresville (milk, eggnog)


24. Associated Milk Producers Inc.

New Ulm, MN

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Donn DeVelder, Sheryl Meshke, co-president/CEO

Type: C

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $1,700.0 (2015) | $2,200.0 (2014)  

Dairy Brands: AMPI, private label

Products: Cheese, processed cheese, butter, bulk fluid milk, whey, nonfat dry milk, lactose, WPC-34, buttermilk, permeate, ice cream mix

Plants (10): Iowa: Arlington (condensed skim milk, NFDM, SMP, sweet cream), Sanborn (Cheddar, condensed whey); Minnesota: New Ulm (butter, condensed buttermilk), Paynesville (Cheddar, condensed whey, condensed WPC, WPC-34, WPC-80), Rochester (Cheddar, Colby, Monterey Jack, Condensed WPC, lactose, ice cream mix); South Dakota: Freeman (low-heat NFDM, high-heat NFDM, super high-heat NFDM, sweet cream), Hoven (Parmesan, Asiago, Romano, condensed whey); Wisconsin: Blair (Aged Cheddar, Mild Cheddar, condensed whey, whey), Jim Falls (Cheddar, Colby, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Party Jack, buttermilk, whey, condensed whey), Portage (processed cheese slices, processed cheese loaf, shredded natural cheese, natural cheese chunks)


25. Safeway Dairy Division

Boise, ID

DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Evan Rainwater, SVP Manufacturing

Type: Pr

Parent company: Albertsons Cos.

Fiscal Year End: 12/2015

Sales (in millions): $1,671.6* (2015) | $1,638.8* (2013) 

Albertsons acquired Safeway in 2015. Estimated revenues of dairy operations only.

Dairy Brands: Lucerne, Safeway Select, Safeway Kitchens, O Organics, Eating Right, Open Nature, Pantry Essentials, Tillamook

Products: Fluid milk, creams, egg nog, water, juice, ice cream, nondairy ice cream, water ice novelties

Plants (8): Arizona: Tempe (milk, juice/drinks), Phoenix (ice cream, novelties, frozen dessert mixes); California: City of Commerce/Los Angeles (milk, cultured, cultured drinks, juice/drinks), San Leandro (milk, juice/drinks, ultra-pasteurized fluid products); Colorado: Denver (milk, cultured, juice/drinks); Oregon: Clackamas (milk, cultured, juice/drinks); Washington: Bellevue-2 plants (1-milk, water, cultured; 2-ice cream, novelties)


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