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.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Amanda Sourry, president, North America
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Unilever, London and Rotterdam, Netherlands
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,582.0* (2018) | $1,756.0* (2017) Estimated revenues of Foods & Refreshment segment in the United States; includes some nondairy offerings. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Popsicle, Klondike, Good Humor, Magnum, Fruttare, Talenti, Lipton, Pure Leaf.
Products: Ice cream, gelato, novelties, tea-based beverages.
Plants: 5. Missouri: Sikeston (Good Humor, Klondike, Popsicle, Breyers, Magnum); Nevada: Henderson (Good Humor, Klondike, Popsicle, Breyers, Ben & Jerry's); Tennessee: Covington (Good Humor, Fruttare, Klondike, Popsicle, Breyers); Vermont: St. Albans (Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Good Humor), Waterbury (Ben & Jerry's).
Norwich, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Hamdi Ulukaya, founder, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,561.0* (2018) | $1,530.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Chobani, Chobani Flip, Chobani Gimmies, Chobani Savor, Gippsland Dairy.
Products: Greek yogurt, traditional yogurt, drinkable yogurt, yogurt snacks.
Plants: 3. New York: South Edmeston (yogurt and related products); Idaho: Twin Falls (yogurt and related products); Australia: Dandenong South (yogurt and related products).
Plymouth, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Louie Gentine, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,428.0* (2018) | $1,400.0 (2017)
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 (individually quick-frozen battered/breaded appetizers, sliced natural cheeses, shredded natural cheeses, cheese dip snacks), Hilbert (refrigerated and shelf-stable sauces, processed cheeses, chunk cheeses, snacks).
Le Mars, IA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael C. Wells, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,340.0 (2018) | $1,044.0 (2017) 2018 figure includes sales for both Wells Enterprises and Fieldbrook Foods Corp. Wells Enterprises acquired Fieldbrook Foods in 2019.
Dairy Brands: Blue Bunny, Blue Ribbon Classics, Bomb Pop, Chilly Cow, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Ice cream, frozen novelties, frozen dairy desserts.
Plants: 4. Iowa: Le Mars (2) (ice cream, frozen novelties, frozen dairy desserts); New Jersey: Lakewood (ice cream, frozen novelties); New York: Dunkirk (ice cream, frozen novelties).
San Antonio, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Ken Jorgensen, director of dairy operations
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,300.0* (2018) | $1,250.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Central Market, H-E-B, H-E-Buddy, Hill Country Fare.
Products: Milk, eggnog, ice cream, novelties, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream.
Plants: 3. Texas: Houston (milk, drinks, water), San Antonio (2) (both milk, beverages, cultured products, ice cream, novelties, frozen desserts).
Dallas, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Tony Sarsam, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,200.0 (2018) | $1,223.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Borden, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk (white, flavored, high-protein, lactose-free), cream, eggnog, buttermilk, sour cream, cottage cheese, dips, juices, drinks/beverages, iced tea.
Plants: 13. Alabama: Cowarts (milk, eggnog, buttermilk, ice tea, drinks/beverages, juice); Georgia: Decatur (frozen dessert mixes); Florida: Miami (milk, cream, eggnog, buttermilk, creamers, ice tea, drinks/beverages, juice), Winter Haven (milk, cream, eggnog, buttermilk, creamers, ice tea, juice, drinks/beverages); Kentucky: London (milk, cream, eggnog, buttermilk, frozen dessert mixes, drinks/beverages, ice tea, creamers); Louisiana: Lafayette (milk, cream, eggnog, buttermilk, drinks/beverages, creamers, frozen dessert mixes); Mississippi: Hattiesburg (milk, buttermilk); Ohio: Cleveland (milk, eggnog, buttermilk, frozen dessert mixes, drinks/beverages, juice), Cincinnati (milk, eggnog, buttermilk, ice tea, drinks/beverages, frozen dessert mixes); South Carolina: Charleston (milk, cream, eggnog, buttermilk, drinks/beverages, creamers, ice tea, juice, frozen dessert mixes); Texas: Austin (milk, cream, eggnog, buttermilk, creamers, drinks/beverages, frozen dessert mixes), Conroe (milk, eggnog, buttermilk, ice tea, frozen dessert mixes, creamers, juice), Dallas (milk, eggnog, buttermilk, ice tea, frozen dessert mixes, creamers, juice).
Boise, ID
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Evan Rainwater, senior vice president, manufacturing
Type: Pr
Parent Company: Albertsons LLC, Boise, ID
Fiscal Year End: 2/23
Sales (in millions): $1,187.0* (2018) | $1,175.0* (2017) Estimated revenues of dairy operations only. Latest fiscal year ended in 2019. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Lucerne, Signature Reserve, Signature Select, Open Nature, O Organics, Primo Taglio, Refreshe, Value Corner.
Products: Milk, organic milk and cream, eggnog, cultured dairy products, plant-based fluid products, water, juice, ice cream, nondairy ice cream, organic ice cream, water ice novelties.
Plants: 9. Arizona: Tempe (milk, juice/drinks), Phoenix (ice cream, novelties, frozen dessert mixes); California: City of Commerce/Los Angeles (milk, cultured products, cultured drinks, juice/drinks), San Leandro (milk, juice/drinks, ultrapasteurized fluid products); Colorado: Denver (milk, cultured products, juice/drinks); Oregon: Clackamas (milk, cultured products, juice/drinks); Pennsylvania: Hatfield (milk, juice/drinks); Washington: Bellevue (2) (1-milk, water, cultured products; 2-ice cream, novelties).
Plymouth, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jeff Gentine, co-owner, president, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,100.0 (2018) | $1,100.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Wisconsin Premium, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheese (in retail, foodservice, industrial formats), cheese-related items.
Plants: 2. Wisconsin: Plymouth, Oostburg (cheese: shreds, bars, chunks, natural slices, snack sticks, dices, cubes, loaves, bulk/industrial cheese - 30- to 640-lb. blocks).
La Farge, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Bob Kirchoff, interim CEO
Type: C
Parent Company: CROPP Cooperative, Westby, WI
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,100.0 (2018) | $1,100.0 (2017) Sales include some organic non-dairy products such as meat and eggs.
Dairy Brands: Organic Valley, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk, cream, half & half, cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, soy beverages, protein shakes, protein powder.
Plants: 4. Oregon: McMinnville (organic butter, dried milk powder); Wisconsin: Chaseburg (organic butters, ghee, skim reload), LaFarge (organic cheese conversion to retail), Cashton (organic ghee, packaging of organic butter products).
Fitchburg, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Matthias Kunz, executive vice president, Americas
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Emmi Group, Lucerne, Switzerland
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,066.4 (2018) | $927.7 (2017) Sales for the Americas division converted from Swiss francs using the 2018 average currency exchange rate published by IRS. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Cowgirl Creamery, Cypress Grove, Green Valley Creamery, Emmi, Kindred Creamery, Meyenberg, Redwood Hill Farm, Roth.
Products: Aged and fresh specialty cheeses; goat's milk, goat's milk powder; goat's milk cheeses; butter; cow's and goat's milk kefir, sour cream, yogurt.
Plants: 7. Arkansas: Yellville (Jackson-Mitchell); California: Arcata (Cypress Grove), Point Reyes Station (Cowgirl Creamery), Sebastopol (Redwood Hill Farm), Turlock (Jackson-Mitchell); Wisconsin: Monroe (Emmi Roth specialty cheese production and curing), Platteville (Emmi Roth specialty cheese production and curing).
Chicago, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Mike Saint John, CEO
Type: Pr
Parent Company: Select Milk Producers, Artesia, NM; The Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, GA
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,051.0* (2018) | $740.0* (2017) 2017 revenue number is an estimate by Fairlife.
Dairy Brands: Core Power, Fairlife, Fairlife DHA, Fairlife Smart Snacks, Fairlife Yup!
Products: High-protein ultrafiltered milk (including flavored milks), high-protein milkshakes.
Plants: 4. Indiana: Fair Oaks; Michigan: Coopersville; New Mexico: Dexter; Texas: Waco.
Andover, MA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Ed Townley, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $936.0 (2018) | $990.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Agri-Mark, Cabot, McCadam.
Products: Cottage cheese, sour cream, Greek yogurt, butter, cheese (cheddar, Muenster), ingredients, whey proteins.
Plants: 4. Massachusetts: West Springfield (butter, cream, condensed products, nonfat dry milk); New York: Chateaugay (cheddar, Muenster, specialty cheese); Vermont: Cabot (cheddar, cultured), Middlebury (cheddar, whey protein).
Chicago, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Bill Graham, CEO, USA
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Bel Group, Paris, France
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $902.1 (2018) | $813.6 (2017) Sales from Americas and Asia Pacific region. Euros converted to U.S. dollars using 2018 average exchange rate from IRS. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Boursin, Kaukauna, The Laughing Cow, Mini Babybel, Merkts, Owl's Nest, Price’s, Wispride.
Products: Natural and processed cheeses, cheese spreads, cold-pack cheese, dips.
Plants: 3. Kentucky: Leitchfield (cheese); South Dakota: Brookings (cheese); Wisconsin: Little Chute (cold pack cheese).
Buffalo, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Lawrence C. Webster, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $900.0* (2018) | $805.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Bison, Intense Milk, O-AT-KA, Upstate Farms, Valley Farms.
Products: Milk, ice cream mix, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, eggnog, cream, buttermilk, Italian cheeses, refrigerated dips.
Plants: 7. New York: Batavia (milk-based beverages, powders, butter, evaporated milk, liquid milk protein concentrate, yogurt), Buffalo (2) (milk, juice, ice cream mix), Rochester (milk, cream), 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).
Novi, MI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Joe Diglio, general manager
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $808.3 (2018) | $864.9 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Heritage Ridge Creamery, MMPA, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cream, condensed milk products, ultrafiltered milk, milk powders, butter, ingredients, cheese.
Plants: 3. Indiana: Middlebury (cheese); Michigan: Ovid (cream, condensed milk products, milk powders, whole milk powder, butter), Constantine (cream, condensed milk products, ultrafiltered milk, milk powders, butter, reverse osmosis processing).
New Holland, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Dominique Huth, president and CEO
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Savencia Fromage & Dairy, Viroflay, France
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $792.0* (2018) | $789.0* (2017) Estimated revenues include Advanced Food Products and Savencia Cheese USA. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Alouette, Chavrie, Dorothy's, Esquirrou, Ile de France, Smithsfield, St Agur, St Andre.
Products: Cheese, cream cheese, cheese sauce, dips, spread, puddings, dairy beverages.
Plants: 7. California: City of Industry (cheese), Visalia (cheese sauce, dips, puddings, spreads, dairy beverages), Los Angeles (cream cheese); Illinois: Lena (cheese); Pennsylvania: New Holland (cream cheese); New Jersey: Fairfield (specialty cheeses); Wisconsin: Clearlake (cheese sauce, dips, puddings, spreads, dairy beverages).
Tempe, AZ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Keith Murfield, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $789.0 (2018) | $831.7 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Arizona Farms, Seal of Arizona.
Products: Milk, powders, milk proteins, butter, condensed products, cream.
Plants: 1. Arizona: Tempe (milk, milk powder, milk proteins, butter, condensed products, cream.
Tillamook, OR
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Patrick Criteser, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $788.0 (2018) | $786.0 (2017) 2017 sales reflect a company correction from last year's report.
Dairy Brands: Tillamook, Bandon.
Products: Cheddar cheese varieties, Monterey Jack, colby, colby jack, pepper jack, hot habanero jack, ice cream, sour cream, butter, 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).
Dallas, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: David Sokolsky, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $756.6 (2018) | $703.1 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Daisy Brand.
Products: Sour cream, cottage cheese.
Plants: 3. Arizona: Casa Grande (sour cream; Ohio: Wooster (sour cream, cottage cheese); Texas: Garland (sour cream, cottage cheese).
Eden Prairie, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: David Lenzmeier, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 6/30
Sales (in millions): $707.3 (2018) | $802.6 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Animal: EB-MET, EB-LYS, EB-CHOL, Energy Booster 100, Energy Booster Mag, Energy Booster hP, Organi-Calf; Human: BARsoft, KwikMix, MusclePep, PRObev, ZERLAC.
Products: Human: WPI, WPC, milk protein concentrate, milk protein isolates, whey protein hydrolysates, lactose, permeate, sweet whey powder. Animal: Energy Booster, inert fats, protein encapsulated fats, milk replacers, milk fortifiers, nutritional supplements. Also, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Plants: 10. California: Visalia (milk protein concentrate, milk protein isolate); 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), Wautoma (co-manufacturing), New Holstein (milk replacers, protein encapsulated fats), Boscobel (Energy Booster, protein encapsulated fats, milk replacers), Monroe (WPC, WPI); Minnesota: Mountain Lake (WPC 80, WPI).
Belleview, FL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jim Sleper, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $700.0 (2018) | $725.0 (2017) 2017 sales reflect a company correction from last year's report.
Dairy Brands: Gustafson Farm.
Products: Milk, concentrated milk, cream.
Plants: 1. Georgia: Baconton (creams, milk, concentrated milk).
Columbus, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: David A. Ciesinski, CEO of parent co.
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Lancaster Colony Corp., Westerville, OH
Fiscal Year End: 6/30
Sales (in millions): $650.2 (2018) | $641.4 (2017) Total retail net sales for calendar year, including nondairy food items. 2017 sales relect a company correction from last year's report. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Cardini's, Girard's, Marzetti, T. Marzetti, Simply Dressed, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Refrigerated salad dressings (dairy and nondairy), shelf-stable salad dressings, vegetable dips, fruit dips, sauces, sour cream.
Plants: 3. California: Militas (sauces, dressings); Kentucky: Horse Cave (sauces, dressings); Ohio: Columbus (sauces, dressings, dips, sour cream).
Fairfield, NJ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Neal Schuman, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $649.0* (2018) | $604.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Bella Rosa, Cello, Montforte, Whisps, Yellow Door Creamery.
Products: Cheese: Parmesan, copper kettle parmesan, asiago, mascarpone, fontal, blue, Romano, Gorgonzola.
Plants: 5. Illinois: Elgin (converting); New Jersey: Fairfield (converting); Wisconsin: Fall Creek (converting), Green Bay (Montforte Cheese), Turtle Lake (Parmesan, mascarpone).
Bongards, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Daryl Larson, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $649.0 (2018) | $610.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Brands: Bongards Premium Cheese, Perham Valley, Unique, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Products: Natural cheese, processed cheese, imitation cheese, cream cheese, whey.
Plants: 3. Minnesota: Bongards (processed cheese, natural cheese, cream cheese, imitation cheese), Perham (natural cheese, whey); Tennessee: Humboldt (processed cheese, natural cheese, imitation cheese).
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