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.
New Ulm, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Donn DeVelder, Sheryl Meshke, co-presidents/CEOs
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 11/30
Sales (in millions): $1,700.0 (2019) | $1,600.0 (2018) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Brands: AMPI, Dinner Bell Creamery, private label and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheese, processed cheese, butter, bulk fluid milk, whey, nonfat dry milk, lactose, WPC-34, WPC-80, buttermilk, permeate, ice cream mix.
Plants: 8. Iowa: Sanborn (cheddar, colby, Monterey Jack, condensed whey, WPC, permeate); Minnesota: New Ulm (butter, condensed buttermilk), Paynesville (cheddar, condensed whey, condensed WPC, WPC-34, WPC-80, permeate); South Dakota: Freeman (low-heat nonfat dry milk, high-heat nonfat dry milk, super-high-heat nonfat dry milk, 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).
Norwich, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Hamdi Ulukaya, founder, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,639.0* (2019) | $1,561.0* (2018)
Dairy Brands: Chobani, Chobani Flip, Chobani Gimmies, Chobani Savor, Gippsland Dairy.
Products: Greek yogurt, traditional yogurt, drinkable yogurt, yogurt snacks, coffee creamers, plant-based dairy alternatives.
Plants: 3. New York: South Edmeston (yogurt and related products); Idaho: Twin Falls (yogurt and related products); Australia: Dandenong South (yogurt and related products).
Dallas, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Gregg Engles, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,400.0 (2019) | $1,200.0 (2018)
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: 12. 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); 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).
San Antonio, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE:
Bob McCullough, senior vice president of manufacturing
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,398.0* (2019) | $1,300.0* (2018)
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).
Le Mars, IA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael C. Wells, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,385.0 (2019) | $1,340.0 (2018)
Dairy Brands: Blue Bunny, Blue Ribbon Classics, Bomb Pop, Chilly Cow, Halo Top, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Ice cream, frozen novelties, frozen dairy desserts.
Plants: 5. Iowa: Le Mars (2) (ice cream, frozen novelties, frozen dairy desserts); Nevada: Henderson (ice cream, frozen novelties); New Jersey: Lakewood (ice cream, frozen novelties); New York: Dunkirk (ice cream, frozen novelties).
Plymouth, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Louie Gentine, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,330.0 (2019) | $1,428.0* (2018)
Dairy Brands: Sargento, Sargento Balanced Breaks, Sargento Reserve Series, Sargento Snack Bites.
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).
Plymouth, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jeff Gentine, co-owner, president, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,300.0 (2019) | $1,100.0 (2018)
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).
Boise, ID
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Evan Rainwater, executive vice president, supply chain
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Albertsons LLC, Boise, ID
Fiscal Year End: 2/29
Sales (in millions): $1,226.0* (2019) | $1,187.0* (2018) Estimated revenues of dairy operations only. 2019 fiscal year ended in 2020. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Lucerne Dairy Farms, Signature Café, Signature Farms, Signature Select, Open Nature, O Organics, Primo Taglio, 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).
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): $1,153.0 (2019) | $1,066.4 (2018) Sales for the Americas Division converted from Swiss francs to U.S. dollars by the company. 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: 8. 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), Seymour (Emmi Roth specialty blue cheese production and prepacking).
La Farge, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Robert Kirchoff, CEO
Type: C
Parent Company: CROPP Cooperative, Westby, WI
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,100.0 (2019) | $1,100.0 (2018) Sales include some organic nondairy products such as meat and eggs.
Dairy Brands: Organic Valley, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk, cream, half & half, eggnog, butter, cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, yogurt, protein shakes, protein powder.
Plants: 4. Oregon: McMinnville; Wisconsin: Chaseburg, LaFarge, Cashton.
Chicago, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Tim Doelman, CEO
Type: Pu
Parent Company: The Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, GA
Fiscal Year End: 12/29
Sales (in millions): $1,070.0* (2019) | $1,051.0* (2018) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Fairlife, Fairlife Core Power, Fairlife DHA Omega-3, Fairlife Nutrition Plan, Fairlife Smart Snacks, Fairlife Yup!
Products: High-protein UF milk (including flavored milks), high-protein milkshakes, nutrition shakes, creamers, light ice cream.
Plants: 3. Michigan: Coopersville; New Mexico: Dexter; Texas: Waco.
Buffalo, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Lawrence C. Webster, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,032.0 (2019) | $900.0* (2018)
Dairy Brands: Bison, Intense Milk, Upstate Farms, Valley Farms, private label and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk, ice cream mix, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, eggnog, cream, buttermilk, Italian cheeses, refrigerated dips, juice.
Plants: 8. New York: Batavia (milk-based beverages, powders, butter, evaporated milk, liquid milk protein concentrate, yogurt), Buffalo (milk, juice, buttermilk, ice cream mix), Campbell (cheese), Rochester (milk, cream), Syracuse (milk, juice, buttermilk, ice cream mix), West Seneca (yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, dips), North Lawrence (yogurt); Pennsylvania: Williamsport (milk, cream, buttermilk, ice cream mix).
Andover, MA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Bill Beaton, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $997.0 (2019) | $936.0 (2018)
Dairy Brands: Agri-Mark, Cabot, McCadam, private labels and/or contracting manufacturing.
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: Pr
Parent Company: Bel Group, Paris, France
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $926.0* (2019) | $902.1 (2018) Estimated sales from Americas and Asia Pacific region. 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).
Novi, MI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Joe Diglio, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $850.4 (2019) | $808.3 (2018)
Dairy Brands: Heritage Ridge Creamery, MMPA, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cream, condensed milk products, UFmilk, 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, UF milk, milk powders, butter, reverse-osmosis processing).
Tillamook, OR
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Patrick Criteser, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $846.6 (2019) | $788.0 (2018)
Dairy Brands: Bandon, Tillamook.
Products: Cheddar cheese varieties, Monterey Jack, colby, colby jack, pepper jack, hot habanero jack, ice cream, sour cream, butter, yogurt, cream cheese spread, 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).
Tempe, AZ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Keith Murfield, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $830.8 (2019) | $789.0 (2018)
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).
New Holland, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Dominique Huth, president and CEO, Savencia Cheese USA; Miro Hosek, president and CEO, AFP Advanced Food Products
Type: Pr
Parent Company: Savencia Fromage & Dairy, Viroflay, France
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $816.0* (2019) | $792.0* (2018) Includes Savencia Cheese USA and AFP Advanced Food Products. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Alouette, Chavrie, Dorothy's, Esquirrou, Ile de France, MuyFresco, Real Fresh, Smithfield, St Agur, St Andre, Supreme.
Products: Cheese, cream cheese, cheese sauce, dips, spread, puddings, dairy beverages.
Plants: 8. 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); Oregon: Medford (Rogue Creamery-cheddar cheese, blue cheese) Wisconsin: Clearlake (cheese sauce, dips, puddings, spreads, dairy beverages).
Dallas, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: David Sokolsky, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $764.2 (2019) | $756.6 (2018)
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).
Bongards, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Daryl Larson, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $728.1 (2019) | $649.0 (2018)
Dairy Brands: Brands: Bongards Premium Cheese, Perham Valley, Unique, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Products: Natural cheese, processed cheese, imitation cheese, whey.
Plants: 3. Minnesota: Bongards (processed cheese, natural cheese, imitation cheese), Perham (natural cheese, whey); Tennessee: Humboldt (processed cheese, natural cheese, imitation cheese).
Eden Prairie, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: David Lenzmeier, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 6/29
Sales (in millions): $708.5 (2019) | $687.0 (2018) 2018 sales reflect a company correction.
Dairy Brands: Animal: EB-MET, EB-LYS, VitalChol, Energy Booster 100, Energy Booster Mag, Energy Booster hP, Organi-Calf, EB MERGE, Milk Enhance; Human: BARsoft, PRObev, PROriz, CASPRO, 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: Todd Proffitt, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $685.0 (2019) | $700.0 (2018)
Dairy Brands: Gustafson Farm.
Products: Milk, concentrated milk, cream.
Plants: 1. Georgia: Baconton (creams, milk, concentrated milk).
Fairfield, NJ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Neal Schuman, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $662.0* (2019) | $649.0* (2018)
Dairy Brands: Bella Rosa, Cello, 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).
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): $656.6 (2019) | $650.2 (2018) Total retail net sales for calendar year, including nondairy food items. 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).
Modesto, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Marty Devine, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $599.0* (2019) | $587.0 (2018)
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).
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