2020 Dairy 100
Top 100 Dairy Companies
Dairy Foods’ 26th annual report identifies the largest dairy processors in North America.
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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. Dairy Farmers of America Inc.
Kansas City, KS
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Rick Smith, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $11,361.0* (2019) | $4,640.2 (2018) Sales include estimated percentage of Dean Foods' 2019 revenues associated with assets purchased by Dairy Farmers of America in 2020.
Dairy Brands: Alta Dena Dairy, Borden (used under license for cheese and butter), Breakstone’s (used under license for butter), Cache Valley Creamery, Cass-Clay Creamery, Country Delite Farms, Country Fresh, Craigs Creamery, Creamland Dairies, Cumberland Dairy, Dairy Fresh, Dairy Maid Dairy, Falfurrias, Friendly’s, Frostbite, Gandy’s Dairy Products, Garelick Farms, Guida’s Milk, Hotel Bar, Keller’s Creamery, Kemps, La Vaquita, Lehigh Valley Dairies, Live Real Farms, Mayfield Dairy, Meadow Gold Dairies, Midwest Ice Cream, Oak Farms Dairy, Oakhurst Dairy, Pet Dairy, Plugra, Price Creameries, Purity Dairies, Reiter Dairy, Sport Shake, Stremicks Heritage Foods, Swiss Premium Dairy, T.G. Lee Foods, Tuscan.
Products: Milk, chocolate milk, condensed milk, sweetened condensed milk, cream, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, butter, cheese (American-style, Gouda, hard Italian, artisanal Hispanic, longhorn cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper jack and specialty cheese), ice cream, ice cream mixes, frozen novelties, sherbet, sorbet, ingredients, fruit juices and tea, fruit punch.
Plants: 86. Alabama: Birmingham (frozen novelties and yogurt, ice cream, sherbet); California: City of Industry (2) (buttermilk, cream, fluid milk, fruit juices and tea, ice cream mix), Riverside (dairy and other extended-shelf-life beverages), Santa Ana (dairy and other extended-shelf-life beverages), Turlock (Italian-style cheese, liquid whey), Ventura (dairy-based coffee beverages); Colorado: Englewood (buttermilk, cream, fluid milk, fruit juices, ice cream mix), Fort Morgan (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk);
Connecticut: New Britain (cream, ice cream mixes, milk, fruit drinks, fruit juices, water); Florida: Orange City (cream, fluid milk, fruit juices and tea), Orlando (fluid milk); Idaho: Boise (buttermilk, cream, fluid milk, fruit juices and tea, ice cream mix, sour cream); Illinois: Belvidere (frozen yogurt, ice cream, sherbet), Rockford (cottage cheese, dips, sour cream); Indiana: Decatur (frozen novelties and yogurt, ice cream, sherbet), Goshen (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk), Huntington (cream, fluid milk, other beverages, tea); Iowa: Allerton (nutritional and functional milk protein ingredients), Le Mars (cottage cheese, cream, dips, fluid milk, fruit juices, ice cream mix, sour cream);
Kansas: Garden City (whole milk powder, skim milk powder, nonfat dry milk, cream); Maine: Portland (butter, buttermilk, cottage cheese, cream, flavored milk, fluid milk, fruit juice, sour cream, tea); Maryland: Frederick (milk, fruit drinks, juice); Massachusetts: Franklin (cream, fluid milk, fruit juices/held and operated separately pursuant to an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice while a new buyer is identified), Wilbraham (frozen novelties and yogurt, ice cream, sherbet); Michigan: Adrian (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk), Cass City (cream, condensed whole and skim milk), Grand Rapids (cottage cheese, dips, fluid milk, fruit juices and tea, ice cream and mixes, other beverages, sour cream), Marquette (cream, fluid milk, ice cream mix); Minnesota: Dalbo (hard Italian cheese), Farmington (cottage cheese, dips, smoothies, sour cream), Minneapolis (fluid milk, other beverages), Rochester (ice cream, light ice cream, sherbet, yogurt-based drinks), St. Paul (cream, nutritional dairy-based beverages, HTST extended-shelf-life and aseptic fluid milk), Winthrop (anhydrous milkfat, butterfat blends, sweetened condensed milk), Zumbrota (American-style cheese, hard Italian cheese, cream, fluid whey, dairy powders); Missouri: Cabool (adult nutritional beverages, dairy-based coffee beverages, energy protein beverages, Sport Shake), El Dorado Springs (specialty dairy powders), Joplin (dairy and other extended-shelf life beverages), Springfield (dairy-based coffee beverages); Montana: Billings (fluid milk), Great Falls (buttermilk, cream, fluid milk, fruit juices, ice cream mix); Nevada: Fallon (whole and skim milk powders), Las Vegas (cream, fluid milk, fruit juices and tea); New Jersey: Bridgeton (milk, cream, ice cream mixes), Florence (cream, fluid milk, fruit juices); New Mexico: Albuquerque (cottage cheese, cream, dips, fluid milk, ice cream mix, other beverages, sour cream), Portales (condensed skim, cream, milk permeate powder, milk protein concentrate, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder); New York: Pavilion (2) (cream, skim milk, white and yellow cheddar cheese), Rensselaer (cream, fluid milk, fruit juices); North Carolina: High Point (fluid milk, cream), Winston Salem (fluid milk, fruit juices and tea, ice cream and mixes); North Dakota: Fargo (butter, cottage cheese, cream, dips, milk, ice cream, sour cream, yogurt, juice); Ohio: Springfield (cream, fluid milk, fruit juices and tea, ice cream mix), Toledo (frozen novelties); Pennsylvania: Hummelstown (dairy concentrates), Lansdale (buttermilk, cream, fluid milk, seasonal eggnog), Lebanon (fluid milk, fruit juices and tea, other beverages), Mechanicsburg (dairy-based coffee beverages), Middlebury Center (condensed milk, cream, cream powder, malted milk powder, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder), New Wilmington (dry whey, Italian-style cheese), Reading (cream, condensed milk, malted milk powder, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder), Schuylkill Haven (fluid milk, fruit juices and teas, other beverages), Sharpsville (buttermilk, fluid milk, fruit juices and tea, other beverages, seasonal eggnog), West Middlesex (industrial shredded cheese, processed cheese); South Carolina: Spartanburg (fluid milk, fruit juices and tea); South Dakota: Pollock (hard Italian cheese); Tennessee: Athens (cream, fluid milk, frozen novelties, fruit juices and tea, ice cream and mixes, sherbet), Nashville (2) (cream, fluid milk, fruit juices and tea, ice cream and mixes, sour cream); Texas: Dallas (cream and creamers, fluid milk, fruit juices and other beverages), El Paso (cream, fluid milk, fruit juices and tea, other beverages, sour cream), Houston (2) (artisanal Hispanic cheeses, cream, fluid milk, fruit juices and other beverages, ice cream mixes), Lubbock (cream, fluid milk, ice cream mixes, other beverages), San Antonio (fluid milk, fruit juices and other beverages), Schulenburg (dairy dips, salsa), Winnsboro (anhydrous milkfat, butter, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, sweet cream); Utah: Beaver (condensed milk, cream, longhorn cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper jack), Cedar City (dairy and other extended-shelf-life beverages), Salt Lake City (buttermilk, cream, fluid milk, fruit juices, ice cream mix, sour cream), St. George (frozen yogurt, ice cream, sherbet); Vermont: St. Albans (cream, condensed skim milk, nonfat dry milk, ice cream mix); Wisconsin: Bruce (cheese, dairy powders), Chili (hard Italian cheese), Cedarburg (milk, orange juice). Cheese and ingredient-related joint ventures: New Mexico: Clovis, Southwest Cheese, a cheese operation with Glanbia plc and the cooperative members of the Greater Southwest Agency: DFA, Select Milk Producers (40- and 640-lb. block cheddar, colby, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, Muenster, asadero, queso, quesadilla, colby jack).
2. Saputo Inc.
Montreal, Québec
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Lino A. Saputo, Jr., chair and CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 3/31
Sales (in millions): $11,261.1 (2019) | $9,062.0* (2018) Revenues are for fiscal 2020 ending 3/31/20, and were converted from Cdn$ using the 2019 average exchange rate from the IRS. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Alexis de Portneuf, Armstrong, Cathedral City, Clover, COON, Dairyland, DairyStar, Devondale, Friendship Dairies, Frigo Cheese Heads, Joyya, La Paulina, Liddells, Milk2Go/Lait’s Go, Montchevre, Murray Goulburn Ingredients, Neilson, Nutrilait, Saputo, South Cape, Stella, Sungold, Tasmanian Heritage, Treasure Cave, Woolwich Goat Dairy. Trademarks used under license: Cracker Barrel, Scotsburn, private labels.
Products: Cheeses, including mozzarella, provolone, Parmesan, Romano, Asiago, ricotta, feta, Havarti, Fontinella, Gorgonzola, cheddar, Edam, colby, colby jack, fontina, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, Muenster, Lorraine, fresh frozen mozzarella, string cheese, snack sticks, goat cheese, brie, Camembert, farmers cheese, as well as fresh curd and processed cheeses. Other dairy products: fluid milk, value-added milk, specialty beverages, cream, flavored cream, butter, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, buttermilk, ice cream mixes, half & half, whipping cream, creamers, aerosol whipped topping, frappe mixes. Dairy ingredients, including milk powder, whey powder, WPC, lactose and dairy ingredient blends.
Plants: 47 North American plants. Cheese Division (USA): California: Newman, South Gate, Tulare (3); New Mexico: Las Cruces; South Dakota: Big Stone City; Wisconsin: Almena, Green Bay, Lancaster, Lena, Reedsburg, Waupun, Black Creek, Belmont. Dairy Foods Division (USA): Alabama: Decatur; California: Gustine; Connecticut: Newington; Florida: Plant City; Kentucky: Murray; Maryland: Frederick; Minnesota: White Bear Lake; New York: Delhi, Friendship; Texas: Sulphur Springs. Dairy Division (Canada): Alberta: Calgary, Edmonton, Glenwood, Red Deer; British Columbia: Abbotsford, Burnaby; Manitoba: Brandon; New Brunswick: Saint John; Nova Scotia: Dartmouth, Mount Pearl; Ontario: Georgetown, Orangeville, St. Marys, Tavistock, Trenton; Québec: Mont-Laurier, Plessisville, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Léonard, Saint-Raymond de Portneuf; Saskatchewan: Saskatoon. Plus 19 plants outside North America.
3. Nestlé, Zone Americas
Arlington, VA (Nestlé USA); North York, Ontario (Nestlé Canada); Mexico City, Mexico (Nestlé Mexico)
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Laurent Freixe, CEO, Zone Americas
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Nestlé, Vevey, Switzerland
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $11,041.0* (2019) | $14,684.0* (2018) Nestlé, Zone Americas, sales of ice cream, milk products and powdered/liquid beverages. Excludes Nestlé Waters. Sales, converted to U.S. dollars from Swiss francs using the 2019 average exchange rate from the IRS, were adjusted downward to reflect the 2020 sale of Nestlé USA's ice cream business to Froneri. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Agüitas, Chameleon Cold Brew, Christie, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Coffee-mate, Coffee-mate Natural Bliss, Del Monte, Drumstick, Goodnorth, Häagen-Dazs, Nesfruta, Nesquik, Nestlé, Agüitas, Dolcetto, La Lechera, La Leche Clavel, Parlour, Pureza Vita, Ovaltine, Purina Frosty Paws, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Coffee-mate, Coffee-mate Natural Bliss and more.
Products: Packaged ice cream, ice cream bars, frozen fruit bars, frozen snacks, frozen dairy desserts, sorbet, frozen yogurt, milk-based beverages, coffee creamers, water.
Plants: 79 in Zone Americas. Not all of the facilities manufacture dairy products.
4. Danone North America
White Plains, NY, and Broomfield, CO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Shane Grant, CEO
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Danone S.A., Paris, France
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $6,520.0* (2019) | $6,174.0* (2018) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Activia, DanActive, Danette, Danimals, Danino, Dannon, Dan-o-nino, Good Plants, Horizon Organic, International Delight, Light & Fit, Left Field Farms, Oikos, Silk, So Delicious, Stōk, Two Good, Vega, Wallaby, YoCream, YoCrunch, , private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Yogurt, Greek yogurt, drinkable yogurt, smoothies, frozen yogurt, coffee creamers, dairy alternatives, organic foods and beverages, nutritionals.
Plants: 12. California: City of Industry; Florida: Jacksonville; New Jersey: Bridgeton; Pennsylvania: DuBois; Ohio: Minster (yogurt and dairy drinks); Oregon: Portland (frozen yogurt); Texas: Dallas, Ft. Worth (yogurt); Utah: West Jordan (yogurt and dairy drinks), Salt Lake City; Virginia: Mt. Crawford; Canada: Boucherville (yogurt, yogurt drinks).
5. Agropur
Saint-Hubert, Québec
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Emile Cordeau, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 11/2
Sales (in millions): $5,467.4 (2019) | $5,177.0 (2018) Revenues converted from Cdn$ using the 2019 average exchange rate from the IRS. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Agropur Grand Cheddar, Agropur Import Collection, Agropur Signature, Allegro, ANCO, BiPro, Central Dairies, Dairytown, Damafro, Farmers, Iceberg, iögo, Island Farms, Lucerne, Masters Reserve, Natrel, Northumberland, OKA, Olympic, Québon, Schroeder, Scotsburn, Sealtest, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheeses, butter, milk, specialty milk, yogurt, cream, ice cream, dairy ingredients (including permeate, whey, skim milk powder).
Plants: 38. United States: Idaho: Jerome (cheddar, mozzarella, provolone, hard Italian cheeses, shredded cheeses, WPI, WPC, deproteinized whey, sweet dairy whey); Iowa: Hull (cheese and ingredients); Michigan: Grand Rapids; Minnesota: Le Sueur (2) (1-cheddar, hard Italian cheeses, lactose, WPI, WPC, lactose; 2-custom processing), Nicollet, Maplewood; South Dakota: Lake Norden (2) (1-mozzarella, provolone, hard Italian cheeses, lactose, WPC; 2-custom processing); Wisconsin: La Crosse (Main Street Ingredients, cheese, ingredients); Little Chute (cheese, ingredients), Luxemburg (cheese, ingredients), Weyauwega (cheese, ingredients); Canada: Alberta: Edmonton (2) (ice cream, milk), Lethbridge (cheese, ingredients); British Columbia: Burnaby (milk, butter), Delta (Ultima Foods Inc. joint venture, Olympic Dairy, yogurt, sour cream, milk), Victoria (milk, ice cream); Manitoba: Winnipeg (milk); New Brunswick: Miramichi (milk), Sussex; New Foundland and Labrador: St. John’s (milk, cream, butter); Nova Scotia: Bedford (milk, specialty milk, UHT/extended-shelf-life products), Truro (2) (skim milk powder, ice cream); Ontario: Ottawa, Woodstock (cheese, ingredients); Québec: Amqui (milk, sour cream, cheddar), Beauceville (cheese, butter, ingredients), Granby (2) (1-cheese, ingredients; 2-yogurt), Lachute (ice cream), Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (cheese, ingredients), Oka (fine cheese division), Plessisville (cheese, ingredients), Québec City (milk), Saint-Hyacinthe (fine cheese division), Saint-Laurent.
6. Schreiber Foods Inc.
Green Bay, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Ron Dunford, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 10/1
Sales (in millions): $5,000.0* (2019) | $5,000.0 (2018)
Dairy Brands: American Heritage, Clearfield Deli, Cooper, La Feria, Menu, Pauly, Raskas, Ready-cut, School Choice, Schreiber, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheese, cream cheese, blends, yogurt, yogurt drinks, dairy desserts, specialty cheeses.
Plants: 31. United States (14): Arizona: Tempe; California: Fullerton; Missouri: Carthage/Fairview (2), Clinton, Monett, Mount Vernon; Pennsylvania: Shippensburg; Texas: Stephenville; Utah: Smithfield; Wisconsin: Green Bay, Richland Center (2), West Bend. International (17): Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France (2), Germany (2), India (3), Mexico, Portugal, Spain (3).
7. Kraft Heinz Co.
Chicago, IL and Pittsburgh, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Miguel Patricio, CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/28
Sales (in millions): $4,890.0 (2019) | $5,287.0 (2018) Sales are for cheese and dairy segment only. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Athenos, Breakstone’s, Cracker Barrel, Knudsen, Kraft, Kraft Amooza, Kraft Cheese-Whiz, Kraft Singles, Velveeta, Philadelphia, Polly-O, Singles, Velveeta.
Products: Natural cheese, processed cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, cheese blends.
Plants: 11. California: Tulare; Illinois: Champaign; Minnesota: Albany, New Ulm; Missouri: Springfield; New York: Lowville, Walton; Wisconsin: Beaver Dam, Wausau; Canada: Ontario: Ingleside; Québec: Mount Royal. Only dairy plants are listed. Kraft Heinz Co. owns or leases 43 facilities in the United States and Canada/41 in rest of world.
8. Conagra Brands
Chicago, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Sean Connolly, president and CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 5/31
Sales (in millions): $4,560.0 (2019) | $2,804.0 (2018) Sales for the Refrigerated & Frozen segment only; includes some nondairy operations. Sales are for fiscal year 2020. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Blue Bonnet, Fleischmann’s, Healthy Choice, Marie Callender's, Parkay, Reddi-wip, Snack Pack, Swiss Miss, Wish-Bone.
Products: Whipped topping, margarine and spreads, pudding, dry cocoa, creamy dressings.
Plants: 4. Illinois: St. Elmo (dressings); Indiana: Indianapolis (table spreads, whipped topping); Iowa: Waterloo (pudding); Wisconsin; Menomonie (pudding, dry cocoa).
9. Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.
Edwardsville, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Edward L. Mullins, CEO and executive vice president
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $4,161.0* (2019) | $3,100.0 (2018) Sales include estimated percentage of Dean Foods' 2019 revenues associated with assets purchased by Prairie Farms in 2020.
Dairy Brands: AmaBlu, AmaGorg, Belfonte, Blues & Brews, Caves of Faribault, Fini, Hiland Dairy, Jeff's Select, Mindoro Blue, Mindoro Gorg, North Star (Ice Cream Specialties), Prairie Farms, St. Mary's, St. Pete's Select, Turner Dairy, Verdant, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk, eggnog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, butter, ice cream, novelties, Milk Snack chocolate snack cakes, sherbet, sorbet, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, coffee beverages, creamers, cheese (Swiss, Maasdam, baby Swiss, grass-fed baby Swiss, blue, Gorgonzola, cream cheese, Neufchatel, Gouda, grass-fed Gouda, cold-blended club cheeses, processed cheeses, enzyme-modified cheeses), cheese analogs, ingredients.
Plants: 52. Alabama: Birmingham (milk); Illinois: Carlinville (milk, fruit drinks), Carbondale (cultured), Decatur (frozen dessert, ice cream), Granite City (milk, cream products, ice cream mix, iced coffee), O’Fallon (2) (1-ice cream, ice cream mix; 2-milk), 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); Louisiana: Hammond (milk); Michigan: Battle Creek (milk, juice/drinks); Minnesota: Woodbury (milk); Mississippi: Kosciusko (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix); Missouri: Jefferson City (milk, juice/drinks, cultured, ice cream, ice cream mix), St. Louis (Ice Cream Specialties - novelties); North Dakota: Bismarck (milk); Ohio: Dayton (creamers), Marietta (milk); Oklahoma: Tulsa (milk); South Dakota: Sioux Falls (milk). Cheese Division: Iowa: Luana (Swiss cheese, Maasdam, cream cheese, Neufchatel, Gouda, whey); Minnesota: Rochester and Spring Valley, Rochester Cheese subsidiary (cold-blended club cheese, process cheeses, enzyme-modified cheese, cheese analogs), Faribault, Caves of Faribault subsidiary (blue cheese, Gorgonzola cheese, cave-aging of cheddar and Gouda); Wisconsin: Mindoro (blue cheese, Gorgonzola cheese), Shullsburg, (baby Swiss, grass-fed baby Swiss, grass-fed Gouda, Swiss varieties). Joint venture facilities - Hiland Dairy Foods: Missouri: Fordland (milk), Kansas City (2) (1-Belfonte, ice cream, cultured; 2-milk, juice/drinks), Springfield (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mixes); Arkansas: Fayetteville (milk, juice), Ft. Smith (milk, fruit drinks/juice); Kansas: Wichita (milk, cultured, fruit drinks, ice cream mix); Oklahoma: Chandler (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix, cultured), Norman (milk, fruit drinks); Nebraska: Norfolk (ice cream), Omaha (milk, sour cream, ice cream mix, fruit juice/drinks); Texas: Tyler (3) (1-milk; 2-water, fruit drinks; 3-cultured, ice cream). (Turner Dairy, Prairie Farms/Hiland): Arkansas: Little Rock (milk, juice/drinks); Kentucky: Fulton (milk, fruit drinks/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); Missouri: St. Louis (butter oil).
10 (tie). Land O'Lakes Inc.
Arden Hills, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Beth Ford, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $4,000.0 (2019) | $3,900.0 (2018) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Alpine Lace, Kozy Shack, Land O’Lakes, Vermont Creamery, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheese, butter, yogurt, ingredients, pudding.
Plants: 9. California: Orland (cheese), Tulare (cheese, butter, cultured); Minnesota: Melrose - joint venture with DFA (cheese), Pine Island (dried cheese/seasonings); Ohio: Kent (spreads); Pennsylvania: Carlisle (butter); Wisconsin: Kiel (cheese), Spencer (processed cheese); Vermont: Websterville (Vermont Creamery, cheese, butter).
10 (tie). California Dairies Inc.
Visalia, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Brad Anderson, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $4,000.0* (2019) | $3,266.0* (2018)
Dairy Brands: California Dairies, Challenge, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Butter, fluid milk products, milk powders, anhydrous milkfat, UF products, nutritional powders, condensed milk.
Plants: 6. California: Fresno (butter, milk powders), Los Banos (milk powders, processed fluids), Tipton (butter, milk powders, condensed milk, nutritional powders, processed fluids), Turlock North (milk powders), Turlock South (butter, milk powders), Visalia (butter, milk powders, anhydrous milk fat).
12. Grupo LALA
Mexico City, Mexico
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Arquimedes Celis, CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,951.0 (2019) | $3,923.0 (2018) Converted by LALA from pesos to U.S. dollars. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Amelia, Aquafrut, Art, Borden, Chambourcy, Danubio, Faixa Azul, Fiorelo, Frusion Charged, Jong, LALA, LALA Griego, LALA Soy Vita, LALA 100, La Perfecta, Leche Monarca, Los Volcanes, Mesa, Nordica, Nutri, Nutri Lety, Promised Land, Queen, Serrabella, Skim Plus, Yomi Lala, Vigor, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk, functional dairy products, yogurt, drinkable yogurt, crema, cottage cheese, Mexican cheeses, processed cheese, fine cheeses, plant-based beverages, juices/beverages.
Plants: 30. Located in Mexico, Brazil, Central America and the United States.
13. Unilever, North American operations
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Fabian Garcia, president, North America
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Unilever, London and Rotterdam, Netherlands
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,900.0* (2019) | $3,739.1* (2018) Estimated revenues of Foods & Refreshment segment in the United States and Canada; includes some nondairy offerings. 2018 estimate was updated to include Canada. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Popsicle, Klondike, Good Humor, Magnum, Fruttare, Talenti, Lipton, Pure Leaf.
Products: Ice cream, gelato, frozen novelties, tea-based beverages.
Plants: 6+. United States: Missouri: Sikeston (Good Humor, Klondike, Popsicle, Breyers, Magnum); Tennessee: Covington (Good Humor, Fruttare, Klondike, Popsicle, Breyers); Vermont: St. Albans (Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Good Humor), Waterbury (Ben & Jerry's). Canada: Ontario: Simcoe (Klondike, Magnum, Ben & Jerry's, Popsicle). Tea processing facilities are not listed.
14. Glanbia Nutritionals, U.S.
Chicago, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jerry O'Dea, executive vice president and chief commercial officer
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Glanbia PLC, Kilkenny, Ireland
Fiscal Year End: 1/4
Sales (in millions): $3,500.3 (2019) | $2,874.2 (2018) North American sales, converted from euros. 2018 sales reflect a company correction. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheese (barrels and blocks), conventional and organic cheeses, including cheddar, colby, colby jack, pepper jack, Monterey Jack, Muenster, asadero, queso, and quesadilla; whey products.
Plants: 6. California: Corona (aseptic solutions); Idaho: Blackfoot (cheese), Gooding (cheese/whey products), Richfield (whey), Twin Falls (cheese); New Mexico: Clovis (cheese/whey products), a joint venture with Southwest Cheese.
15. Leprino Foods Co.
Denver, CO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: James Leprino, chairman
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 10/31
Sales (in millions): $3,500.0* (2019) | $3,200.0* (2018)
Dairy Brands: Proprietary brands, Ascent.
Products: Mozzarella/pizza cheese, reduced-fat Monterey Jack, provolone, reduced-fat cheddar, cheese blends, WPC, WPI, sweet whey, lactose, micellar casein.
Plants: 11. California: Lemoore (2) (mozzarella, WPC-34, WPC-80, lactose), Tracy (mozzarella, lactose); Colorado: Fort Morgan, (mozzarella, string cheese, WPC-80, lactose), Greeley (mozzarella, WPC-80, WPI, lactose, nonfat dry milk, micellar casein); Michigan: Allendale (mozzarella, sweet whey), Remus (string cheese); New Mexico: Roswell (mozzarella, WPC-34, lactose); New York: Waverly (mozzarella, sweet whey). Brazil: Tapejara, Parana (mozzarella, requeijão, butter, condensed whey). Joint venture manufacturing locations with Glanbia plc in Llangefni, Wales (mozzarella, condensed whey) and in Magheralin, Northern Ireland (mozzarella, WPC, permeate).
16. The Kroger Co.
Cincinnati, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Erin Sharp, group vice president, manufacturing
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 2/1
Sales (in millions): $3,303.0* (2019) | $3,238.0* (2018) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Kroger, Murray's, Private Selection, 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: 19. 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); 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).
17. Great Lakes Cheese Co.
Hiram, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Dan Zagzebski, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,250.0* (2019) | $3,250.0* (2018)
Dairy Brands: Adams Reserve, American Accent, Great Lakes, Rico Mia, Thoughtful Organics, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheese, processed cheese, whey products.
Plants: 8. New York: Adams (cheddar, Monterey Jack, WPC, WPI, other whey products), Cuba-Empire (mozzarella, provolone, whey products); Ohio: Hiram (cut/wrap); Utah: Fillmore (cut/wrap); Wisconsin: La Crosse (processed cheese), Plymouth (cut/wrap), Wausau (cut/wrap); Tennessee: Manchester (cut/wrap).
18. Lactalis Group, North American operations
Buffalo, NY and Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Thierry Clement, president and CEO, Lactalis American Group; Mark Taylor, president and CEO of Parmalat Canada
Type: Pr
Parent Company: Lactalis Group, Laval, France
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,018.0* (2019) | $2,874.0 (2018) Includes Lactalis American Group and Parmalat Canada.
Dairy Brands: Amooza, Astro, Balderson, Beatrice, Black Diamond, Cracker Barrel, Cheestrings, Galbani, Green Mountain Creamery, Lactantia, P'tit Québec, Precious, President, PurFiltre, Siggi's, Sorrento, Stonyfield Organic.
Products: Milk, buttermilk, cream, ice cream mix, sour cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, butter, French cheeses, Italian cheese, dairy ingredients, soy beverages.
Plants: 26. Arizona: Casa Grande (Commonwealth Dairy); California: San Fernando (Karoun Dairies), Turlock (Karoun Dairies); Idaho, Nampa; New Hampshire: Londonderry; New York: Buffalo (South Park Plant); Vermont: Brattleboro (Commonwealth Dairy); Wisconsin: Belmont, Merrill. Canada: 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, sweet whey concentrate), 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); Québec: 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).
19. General Mills Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jeffrey Harmening, president and CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 5/31
Sales (in millions): $3,007.0* (2019) | $3,380.0* (2018) Estimated sales are for yogurt and superpremium ice cream only. 5/31 fiscal end was in 2020. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Annie's, Carolina, Häagen-Dazs (outside of the United States and Canada), Liberté, Mountain High, Yoplait (and numerous Yoplait sub-brands).
Products: Yogurt, superpremium ice cream.
Plants: 7. Michigan: Reed City (yogurt); Tennessee: Murfreesboro (yogurt); Canada: Saint-Hyacinthe (yogurt). France: Le Mans (yogurt), Tilloy-lès Moffllaines (ice cream), Moneteau (yogurt). Brazil: Ribeirão Claro, PR (yogurt).
20. Hilmar Cheese Co.
Hilmar, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: David Ahlem, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,652.0* (2019) | $2,600.0* (2018) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Private labels, contract manufacturing.
Products: Natural-style cheeses (cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, colby, colby jack), TruSmoke wood-smoked natural cheeses, WPC, WPI, WPH, lactose.
Plants: 2. California: Hilmar (40-lb. and 640-lb. block natural American-style cheeses, cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, colby and colby jack, WPC, WPI, WPH, lactose); Texas: Dalhart (40-lb. and 640-lb. block natural cheeses, cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, colby and colby jack; WPC, WPI).
21. HP Hood LLC
Lynnfield, MA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: John A. Kaneb, president, chairman and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,400.0 (2019) | $2,400.0 (2018)
Dairy Brands: Axelrod, Booth Bros., Brigham’s Ice Cream, Crowley Foods, Green’s, Hagan, Heluva Good!, Hood, Maggio, Penn Maid, Planet Oat, Simply Smart Milk, private labels and/or contract manufacturing. Licensed brands: Lactaid, Blue Diamond Almond Breeze.
Products: Milk, eggnog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, ice cream, sherbet, sorbet, novelties, juice, fruit punch, other nondairy beverages.
Plants: 13. 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), Batavia (UHT fluid products), LaFargeville (cultured), Oneida (UHT fluid products), Vernon (cultured); Pennsylvania: Philadelphia (UHT products); Virginia: Winchester (aseptic and UHT fluid products); Vermont: Barre (milk).
22. Darigold Inc.
Seattle, WA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Stan Ryan, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 3/31
Sales (in millions): $2,296.0 (2019) | $2,264.0 (2018) 2018 sales reflect a company correction. 3/31 fiscal end was in 2020.
Dairy Brands: Darigold, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk/flavored milk, ultrafiltered milk, eggnog, buttermilk, whipping and heavy cream, half & half, sports recovery drinks, dairy creamer, ice cream mixes, cottage cheese, sour cream, butter, cheddar cheese, colby jack cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, pepper jack cheese, milk powders, WPC, milk protein concentrate, condensed products, bulk cream, bulk butter, bulk cheese.
Plants: 11. Idaho: Boise (milk, ultrapasteurized fluid products, cultured products), Caldwell (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, bulk cream, butter, buttermilk powder), Jerome (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, milk protein concentrate, UF milk products, bulk cream, condensed products); Washington: Issaquah (cultured products, butter), Seattle (milk, buttermilk, half & half, heavy whipping cream), Spokane (milk, buttermilk, half & half, heavy whipping cream), Chehalis (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder, other dry dairy ingredients, bulk cream, buttermilk powder), Lynden (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, bulk cream), Sunnyside (cheese, dry whey, sweet whey powder, WPC, nonfat dry milk, low-spore skim milk powder); Oregon: Portland (ultrapasteurized fluid products); Montana: Bozeman (milk, buttermilk).
23. Publix Super Markets
Lakeland, FL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Mike Smith, senior vice president, industrial operations
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/28
Sales (in millions): $1,904.0* (2019) | $1,803.0* (2018) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: GreenWise, MorningSong, Publix.
Products: Milk, ice cream, frozen yogurt, cultured products, juice, water, carbonated soft drinks, other beverages.
Plants: 3. Florida: Deerfield Beach, Lakeland; Georgia: Lawrenceville.
24. Foremost Farms USA
Baraboo, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Greg Schlafer, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,800.0 (2019) | $1,600.0 (2018) Reported sales unaudited.
Dairy Brands: Daritek, Foremost Farms USA, Fratellino, Nutritek, Teklac, 1950-127 Brand.
Products: Cheese (mozzarella, provolone, cheddar), butter, bulk fluid milk, whey products.
Plants: 12. Michigan: Greenville (cream, reverse-osmosis milk, condensed skim milk), Minnesota: Preston (specialty WPC, condensed skim milk, nonfat dry milk); Wisconsin: Appleton (low-moisture/part-skim mozzarella, low-moisture/whole-milk mozzarella, reduced-fat mozzarella, provolone, smoked provolone, WPC, dry permeate), Chilton (low-moisture/part-skim 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 (low-moisture/part-skim mozzarella, low-moisture/whole-milk 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 (low-moisture/part-skim mozzarella, low-moisture/whole-milk mozzarella, condensed whey, WPC, whole whey powder, permeate), 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).
25. Grassland Dairy Products Inc.
Greenwood, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Trevor Wuethrich, president
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,779.0* (2019) | $1,744.0* (2018)
Dairy Brands: Golden Goodness, Grassland, Mountain Lake, NutraPro, Nutrose, Wüthrich, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Butter (European-style, grass-fed), butter oil, butter blends, anhydrous milkfat, condensed buttermilk, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, milk permeate powder, milk protein concentrate (56, 70, 85), milk protein isolate (90), condensed skim milk, UF milk, cream.
Plants: 6. Nebraska: West Point (butter, cream, condensed sweet buttermilk, buttermilk powder, condensed skim milk, nonfat dry milk); Utah: Hyrum (butter, cream, condensed sweet buttermilk, buttermilk powder, condensed skim milk); Wisconsin: Greenwood (2) (1-butter, butter oil, anhydrous milk fat, butter blends, condensed skim milk, nonfat dry milk, condensed sweet buttermilk, buttermilk powder, cream; 2-milk, UF milk, milk protein concentrate, whey, WPC, milk protein isolate, milk permeate), Richland Center (butter), Zachow (butter, cream, condensed buttermilk, buttermilk powder).