Dairy Foods made the official presentation of its 2011 Processor of the Year award to Kraft Foods Inc. today at the Dairy Forum of the International Dairy Foods Association. James R. Durkin, Kraft's operations vice president of the cheese division of Kraft North America, accepted the award.
Kraft was the subject of the cover story of the December 2011 issue. In remarks prior to introducing Durkin, Dairy Foods editor Jim Carper said the leadership in the cheese and dairy division has taken bold steps and placed big bets in recent years, including: