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.
Santa Ana, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Louis J. Stremick, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $632.0* (2018) | $620.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Kern’s, Rice Dream, Soy Dream, Stremicks Heritage Foods, 8th Continent.
Products: Fluid milk, half & half, nondairy creamers, rice/soy drinks, whipping cream, almond beverages, coconut beverages, teas, 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); Utah: Cedar City (rice and soy drinks, creamers, juices, almond and coconut beverages).
Modesto, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Marty Devine, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $587.0* (2018) | $575.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Crystal Creamery, Humboldt Creamery, McColl’s, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Conventional and organic milk, ice cream, butter, cultured products, juices/drinks, milk powders.
Plants: 2. California: Fortuna (fluid, milk powders, ice cream), Modesto (milk, cultured, ice cream, butter, juices/drinks, mixes, powder).
Litchfield, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Bob Huffman, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $554.1 (2018) | $607.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Fieldgate WPC, Fieldgate 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).
Green Bay, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Terry Steinmann, president
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $553.0 (2018) | $550.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Alejandro, Cheese Crafters, Della Terra, Socrates, Winona Reserve.
Products: Processed cheese, processed cheese food, processed cheese spread, cold pack cheeses, cheese sauce; natural cheeses, including asiago, Cojita, Parmesan, Romano, cheddar, Gouda, fontina, Swiss, Edam, cracker cut cheeses, cream cheese, mozzarella, feta, queso blanco, ricotta, veined cheeses, specialty cheeses.
Plants: 2. Wisconsin: Green Bay (20- and 40-lb. cheese blocks, cold pack cheese, portion controlled options - cups/pouches/bags/bottles, custom formulations), Howard (conversion and distribution center - cheese slices, shreds, diced, cubes).
City of Industry, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Amos DeGroot, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $510.0* (2018) | $500.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Rockview Farms.
Products: Milk, buttermilk, cottage cheese, ice cream, yogurt, sour cream, butter, whipped topping, orange juice.
Plants: 3. California: City of Industry, Commerce, Downey.
Brenham, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Ricky Dickson, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $486.0* (2018) | $405.7* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Blue Bell.
Products: Ice cream, novelties, sherbet.
Plants: 3. Alabama: Sylacauga (ice cream, novelties, sherbet); Oklahoma: Broken Arrow (ice cream, sherbet); Texas: Brenham (ice cream, novelties, sherbet).
Green Bay, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Errico Auricchio, president
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $450.0 (2018) | $400.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: BelGioioso, Cappiello, Casaro, La Bottega di BelGioioso.
Products: Specialty cheeses.
Plants: 9. Wisconsin: Byron (provolone), Chase (Italian cheeses), Freedom (fresh mozzarella), Glenmore (provolone, mascarpone, ricotta), Langes Corner (Gorgonzola, specialty cheeses), Ledgeview (converting/packaging), Pulaski (specialty cheeses), New Denmark (fresh mozzarella); New York: Schenectady (Italian specialty cheeses).
Reston, VA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jay Bryant, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $445.3 (2018) | $483.4 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Maola, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk, flavored milk, buttermilk, ice cream mix, half & half, whipping cream, eggnog, fruit drinks, tea, cream, condensed, powder, butter.
Plants: 4. Maryland: Landover (milk, fruit drinks, tea), Laurel (cream, condensed, powder, butter); Virginia: Newport News (milk, flavored milk, buttermilk, ice cream mix, half & half, whipping cream, eggnog), Strasburg (cream, condensed, butter).
Dakota, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Kurt Seagrist, CEO
Type: Pr
Parent Company: Berner Food & Beverage Holdings
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $416.0* (2018) | $408.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Dakota, private labels.
Products: Cheese dips, cheese sauces, salsa con queso, other dips/sauces, aerosol cheese products, ready-to-drink coffee- and tea-based beverages, protein shakes.
Plants: 1. Illinois: Dakota (cheese sauces, snack dips, coffee beverages, energy beverages).
St. Albans, VT
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Leon Berthiaume, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $403.0* (2018) | $395.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: None.
Products: Milk, cream, condensed milk, milk powders, ice cream mix.
Plants: 1. Vermont: St. Albans (milk, cream, condensed milk, milk powders, ice cream mix).
Londonderry, NH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Esteve Torrens, president and CEO
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Lactalis Group, Laval, France
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $377.0* (2018) | $370.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Stonyfield, Stonyfield Kids, Stonyfield YoBaby.
Products: Organic milk, organic whipping cream, organic half & half, organic yogurt, organic Greek yogurt, organic dairy-free yogurt, organic smoothies, organic frozen yogurt, organic string cheese.
Plants: 1. New Hampshire: Londonderry (organic milk, organic whipping cream, organic half & half, organic yogurt, organic Greek yogurt, organic dairy-free yogurt, organic smoothies, organic frozen yogurt, organic string cheese).
Orrville, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Nate Schmid, president
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $370.0* (2018) | $363.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Ajoyo, Artisa, Class Act, Ruggles, Smith's, Whale of a Pail, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk, organic milk, half & half, whipping cream, eggnog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, ice cream, nondairy frozen desserts, sherbet, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, nondairy beverages.
Plants: 3. Indiana: Richmond (conventional and extended-shelf-life fluid milk, organic milk, half & half, whipping cream, eggnog, almond milk, almond nog, coconut milk, soft-serve mix); Missouri: Pacific (extended-shelf-life soft-serve, yogurt, ice cream mix, specialty beverage mixes); Ohio: Orrville (milk, ice cream, frozen desserts, cottage cheese, sour cream, flavored dips, juice, tea, eggnog, ice cream mix).
Lafayette, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Carl Byrne president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $370.0* (2018) | $352.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Byrne Dairy, Byrne Hollow Farm, private labels.
Products: Milk, flavored milk, extended-shelf-life milk and cream, eggnog, ice cream, ice cream mix, butter, yogurt, sour cream, dairy-based dips, juices, iced tea.
Plants: 4. New York: Cortlandville (cultured products); DeWitt (ultrapasteurized conventional and organic milk, half & half, nondairy creamers, eggnog); Syracuse (2) (1-milk, ice cream mix, half-and-half, juices; 2-ice cream).
Johnstown, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Louis G. Galliker, III, president
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $369.0* (2018) | $362.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Galliker's, Potamic Farm, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk, chocolate milk, coffee creams, cottage cheese, sour cream, dairy-based dip, ice cream, ice cream mixes, milkshake mixes, iced tea, juices.
Plants: 2. Maryland: Cumberland (milk); Pennsylvania: Johnstown (milk, ice cream, coffee creamers, cultured products, iced tea).
Fond du Lac, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Todd Koss, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $368.0* (2018) | $361.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Grande, Grande Bravo, Grande Primo, Grande Ultra, Grande WPCrisp.
Products: Italian cheeses, whey, dairy ingredients.
Plants: 6. Wisconsin: Brownsville (mozzarella, fresh mozzarella, whey), Friendship (whey), Juda (mozzarella, ricotta, whey), Rubicon (Italian specialty cheeses), Fond du Lac (cut and wrap, dice and shred, aging), Wyocena (mozzarella).
Johnstown, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Athanassios Filippou, vice chairman and CEO
Type: Pr
Parent Company: Fage International, Strassen, Luxembourg
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $367.4 (2018) | $396.8 (2017) Sales for U.S. operations only. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Fage, Fage Total, Fage Total Split Cup, Fage TruBlend
Products: Greek yogurt, sour cream.
Plants: 1. New York: Johnstown (yogurt, sour cream).
Germantown, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Craig Lemieux, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 10/31
Sales (in millions): $357.0 (2018) | $350.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Gehl's, private labels, major national co-packed brands.
Products: Nutritional beverages, cheese and chili sauces, puddings, yogurt, creamers, iced coffee, nondairy products.
Plants: 2. California: Lathrop (nutritional beverages, tea and coffee, nondairy products); Wisconsin: Germantown (nutritional beverages, cheese and chili sauces, puddings, yogurt, creamer, iced coffee).
Brewster, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Fritz Leeman, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 3/31
Sales (in millions): $352.0 (2018) | $365.03/31 fiscal end was in 2019. (2017)
Dairy Brands: None.
Products: Swiss cheese, whey products.
Plants: 3. Idaho: Rupert (Skim milk cheese, whey products); Illinois: Stockton (Swiss cheese, whey products ); Ohio: Brewster (Swiss cheese, whey products).
Logan, UT
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Kristan Earl, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $325.0 (2018) | $315.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Borden, Gossner, Hershey, High Mountain, Moo Mates, private labels.
Products: UHT milk, cream, cheese (Swiss, Muenster, asadaro, cheddar).
Plants: 3. Utah: Logan (2) (1-cheese; 2-UHT milk, cream); Idaho: Heyburn (cheese, cream).
Phoenix, AZ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Kent McClelland, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Parent Company: Shamrock Foods, Phoenix, AZ
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $313.0* (2018) | $307.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Shamrock Farms, Shamrock Farms Rockin’ Protein.
Products: Milk, organic milk, protein beverages, whipping cream, half & half, organic sour cream, cottage cheese.
Plants: 2. Arizona: Phoenix (conventional and organic milk, extended-shelf-life milk, protein beverages, creamers, whipping cream, sour cream, cottage cheese); Virginia: Verona (extended-shelf-life milk, protein beverages, nondairy creamers).
Coopersville, MI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Steve Cooper, president/general manager of dairy manufacturing operations
Type: C
Parent Company: Select Milk Producers, Artesia, NM
Fiscal Year End: 7/31
Sales (in millions): $308.0* (2018) | $302.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Continental Dairy Products.
Products: Nonfat dry milk powder, skim milk powder, cream, condensed skim milk, butter, buttermilk powder.
Plants: 1. Michigan: Coopersville (nonfat dry milk powder, skim milk powder, cream, condensed skim milk, butter, buttermilk powder).
Conestoga, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: John Cox, president
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 2/2
Sales (in millions): $300.0* (2018) | Not listed. (2017) Kroger Co. sold its Turkey Hill business to a private equity firm in 2019. 2017 sales were included under Kroger Co.
Dairy Brands: Turkey Hill, Turkey Hill Trio'politan
Products: Milk, ice cream, frozen novelties, sherbet, iced tea/coffee, fruit drinks, tea plus water, eggnog.
Plants: 1. Pennsylvania: Conestoga (milk, ice cream, frozen novelties, sherbet, iced tea/coffee, fruit drinks, tea plus water, eggnog).
Fresno, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Richard Shehadey, chairman and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $300.0 (2018) | $250.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Producers Dairy, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Fluid milk, eggnog, buttermilk, sour cream, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, coffee beverages.
Plants: 1. California: Fresno (milk, ice cream, cultured products, drinks).
Sandpoint, ID
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Kelly Prior, president
Type: ESOP
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $291.0* (2018) | $285.0Estimated sales include nondairy products. (2017)
Dairy Brands: Litehouse, Litehouse Simply Artisan, OPA by Litehouse, Opadipity by Litehouse.
Products: Cheese, buttermilk, yogurt, dairy and nondairy dressings, dairy and nondairy dips, other nondairy products.
Plants: 3. Idaho: Sandpoint (cheese, buttermilk, dairy and nondairy dressings, dairy and nondairy dips, other nondairy products); Michigan: Lowell (dairy and nondairy dressings, dairy and nondairy dips, other nondairy products); Utah: Hurricane (dairy and nondairy dressings, dairy and nondairy dips, other nondairy products).
Plymouth, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: James Sartori, CEO and owner
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 6/30
Sales (in millions): $286.0* (2018) | $280.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Sartori Classic, Sartori Limited Edition, Sartori Reserve.
Products: Specialty cheeses, Italian cheeses.
Plants: 2. Wisconsin: Plymouth (specialty cheeses, Italian cheeses), Antigo (Italian hard cheeses).
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