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Inside Litehouse plant: How blue cheese gets dressed in Idaho

Litehouse makes award-winning blue cheese and buttermilk at separate plants in Sandpoint, Idaho, then combines them at a third to make its best-selling refrigerated salad dressings.

James Carper

September 6, 2016

Ed Hawkins invented a blue cheese buttermilk salad dressing that he served in his steakhouse. When customers asked if they could buy a bottle to take home, he knew it was a hit.

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Blue cheese and salad dressing producer Litehouse shines with opportunities

Idaho-based Litehouse Inc. makes award-winning blue cheeses, yogurt and buttermilk. The employee-owned dairy processor uses these ingredients in its top-selling line of refrigerated salad dressings.

James Carper

September 1, 2016

The city of Sandpoint (population 7,500) is in the skinny part of Idaho, wedged between Washington and Montana, and about an hour south of the Canadian border. Sandpoint is the seat of Bonner County which, at 1,920 square miles, is larger than the entire state of Rhode Island. When the Dixie Chicks sing of “Wide Open Spaces,” they could be referring to this part of Idaho.

The 2016 Dairy 100 go shopping

Though some dairies saw sales fall last year, others reported increases. As they looked at the long-term prospects of the industry, businesses opened their checkbooks to acquire companies and to expand their processing capabilities.

James Carper

August 17, 2016

Just as Dairy Foods was wrapping up its research into the 100 largest dairy processors in North America, the French dairy giant Danone announced it was buying Colorado-based WhiteWave Foods, a processor of organic dairy and plant-based beverages.

The 2016 Dairy Foods plant of the year is Bel Brands, Brookings, S.D.

Congratulations to the management and employees of the Bel Brands USA cheese plant in Brookings, S.D. The facility has been selected as Dairy Foods’ Plant of the Year for 2016.

James Carper

August 15, 2016

It was one of 12 food processing facilities nominated for the award. Dairy Foods invited the dairy industry to vote and help select the recipient. During a five-week period ending July 6, more than 3,500 votes were cast.

Milk processors

Here are 4 different approaches to fluid milk

These four milk processors all have their own unique approach to processing, marketing and selling fluid milk.

June 27, 2016

These four milk processors each have their own unique approach to processing, marketing and selling fluid milk, but they also have common goal — touting the benefits of milk.

Around the world of dairy

Canada celebrates dairy foods; Norwegian dairy co-op partners with U.S. cheesemaker; and other international dairy news

Norseland, an arm of Norwegian dairy cooperative TINE, partners with Iowa’s Swiss Valley Farms.

June 6, 2015

On the international dairy scene, Gay Lea Foods and Nutrinor are big winners in Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards.

Franklin Foods wants to make cream cheese new again

Sarah M. Kennedy

June 3, 2015

The cream cheese maker is thriving, business is good and its innovative Greek cream cheese is helping to drive growth for itself and customers.

Franklin Foods hits the jackpot in the desert

Sarah M. Kennedy

June 1, 2015

The 116-year-old cream cheese company opens a plant in Arizona. The location offers access to a plethora of good milk and helps the dairy processor achieve its goal of double-digit growth.

Welcome to the Ice Cream Club

The Ice Cream Club started as a small scoop shop on Florida’s Atlantic Coast.

May 5, 2014

If you are the second- or third-generation family member running a dairy operation, chances are you were too young (or not yet born) to recall the enormity of starting up the business. Often, these dairy entrepreneurs did not have a lot of cash, reams of marketing data or industry-specific knowledge.

Better living through dairy

October 21, 2013

By supporting dairy farmers and creating a pool of milk for processors, we improve the condition of animals, provide jobs and develop nutritious dairy foods and beverages.