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.
Ellsworth WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Paul Bauer, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $279.0
Products: Cheese (curds, cheddar, specialty, Muenster), processed cheese.
Wawa, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Chris Gheysens, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $257.0*
Products: Milk, heavy cream, half & half, juice, tea, fruit punch, ice cream mix, buttermilk, nondairy creamers, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese.
Burley, ID
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Randy Robinson, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 6/1
2020 Sales (in millions): $255.0*
Products: Grade A nonfat dry milk powder, skim milk powder, buttermilk powder, butter, sweet cream.
Minneapolis, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Roxanne Bernstein, president and general manager
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Post Holdings, St. Louis, MO
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
2020 Sales (in millions): $249.0*
Products: Cheese, butter.
Note: Sales reported are for Post Holdings' refrigerated retail segment, which includes some non-Crystal Farms products.
Burr Ridge, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Grant F. Reid, CEO, Mars Inc.
Type: Pr
Parent Company: Mars Inc., McLean, VA
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $240.0*
Products: Ice cream novelties (sticks, sandwiches, bars, cones).
Petaluma, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Marcus Benedetti, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $237.0
Dairy Brands: Clover Sonoma.
Products: Milk, buttermilk, cream, half & half, whipped cream, ice cream, butter, kefir, cheese, yogurt, cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, eggnog.
Hilbert, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Rick Pedersen, president
Type: C
Parent Company: Ornua, Dublin, Ireland
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $226.0
Products: Custom functional cheese solutions, clean-label natural cheese technologies, easy-melt and restricted-melt processed cheeses, substitutes and imitation cheeses, customized formulations.
Flemington, NJ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Robert Facchina, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $213.0*
Products: Yogurt, juices/beverages, aseptic juices/drinks, teas.
Basking Ridge, NJ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Simon Stevens, executive vice president, international
Type: C
Parent Company: Arla Foods, Amba, Denmark
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $202.0
Products: Cheese: Havarti, Gouda, Edam, fontina, blue, Muenster, cheddar, Camembert, brie, cream cheese.
Note: Sales converted from euros to U.S. dollars using 2020 average exchange rate from IRS.
Elma, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Julie Senko, co-president; Frank Balon, co-president
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $202.0*
Products: Milk, milkshakes, horchatas, plant-based beverages, shakes, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, coffee creamers, ice cream mix, coffee, tea, energy drinks, smoothies and more (most products aseptically packaged).
Boulder, CO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Scott McGinty, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $201.0*
Products: Organic milk, butter.
Wichita, KS
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Larry McGill, CEO
Type: Pr
Parent Company: Golden State Foods, Irvine, CA
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $198.0
Products: Smoothies, iced coffee, coffee creamers, tea, specialty beverages, soft-serve ice cream, yogurt, desserts, extended-shelf-life drinks, protein shakes.
Martins Ferry, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE:James Carson, president
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $193.0*
Products: Milk, orange juice, fruit drinks, ice tea, sour cream, dairy-based dips, cottage cheese, half & half, eggnog, ice cream, sherbet, frozen novelties.
Louisville, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Ben Biery, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $191.0*
Products: Natural and processed cheeses (cheddar, colby, Muenster, pepperoni cheese, hot pepper, Swiss, mozzarella, Gouda, colby jack, provolone, cheese blends, snacking cheese, flavored cheese, party trays), vegan/plant-based cheese alternatives.
Marshall, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Dimitrios Smyrnios, CEO
Type: Pr
Parent Company: CJ CheilJedang (80% ownership, excepting Schwan's Home Service Inc.), Seoul, Korea
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $189.0*
Products: Ice cream, novelties, ice cream mix, sherbets, sorbets, juice, smoothies, crème pies.
Oklahoma City, OK
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Drew Braum, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $174.0*
Products: Milk, A2 milk, butter, ice cream, frozen yogurt, novelties, frozen desserts, cottage cheese, natural cheese, yogurt, sour cream, dairy-based dips, orange juice, fruit drinks, apple juice.
Atwater, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael D. Gallo, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $173.0*
Products: Natural cheeses (Monterey Jack, marbled jack, pepper jack, cheddar, mozzarella, provolone, Swiss, Muenster, Gouda), whey products.
Des Moines, IA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Miriam Erickson Brown, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $172.0*
Products: Milk, lactose-free milk, buttermilk, creams, cottage cheese, dairy dips, yogurt, sour cream, lemonade, juice.
Lathrop, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Tracy Twomey, president and CEO
Type: Private general partnership
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $170.0
Products:Ice cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, nondairy yogurt alternatives, cottage cheese, drinkable yogurt, smoothies, sour cream, ice cream, juice, tea, drinks.
Milbank, SD
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Doug Wilke, CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $170.0*
Products: Cheese (reduced-fat cheddar, cheddar, cheddar-jalapeño, colby, colby jack, colby pepper jack, cracked black pepper cheddar, garlic jalapeño-cheddar, Monterey Jack, Monterey Jack chipotle, Monterey Jack pepper, Tuscan herb cheddar, reduced-fat colby jack), lactose, whey protein concentrate, anhydrous milkfat.
Reading, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Richard L. Hartman, president
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $167.0*
Products: Milk, eggnog, half & half, cream, light cream, whipping cream, water, iced tea, fruit drinks.
Baltimore, MD
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Ralph Kemp, president
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $156.0*
Products: Milk, flavored milk, cream, eggnog, buttermilk, sour cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, cream cheese, ice cream mixes, apple juice, orange juice, grape juice, lemonade, iced tea.
St. Cloud, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Brian Baker, president
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $146.0*
Products: String cheese.
Akron, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Robert Denning, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $139.0
Products: Ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet, sorbet, nondairy frozen desserts, frozen novelties.
Harrisburg, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: George Hugh Holder, president
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
2020 Sales (in millions): $134.0
Products: Ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet, ices, ice cream cakes, frozen novelties.
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