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MidOcean Partners, a New York-based middle-market private equity firm focused on the consumer and business services sectors, said it acquired Casper’s Ice Cream (Casper’s), a Richmond, Utah-based manufacturer and supplier of branded and co-packed frozen novelty products sold in grocery and mass retail outlets throughout the United States.

Cacique, a Monrovia, Calif.-based company that manufactures Hispanic dairy products and other Hispanic food products, announced a new business name: Cacique Foods LLC.

The Urgent Company, the Los Angeles-based consumer brands subsidiary of Berkeley, Calif.-headquartered Perfect Day, announced the acquisition of Coolhaus, a women-owned ice cream company, from Sunrise Strategic Partners, Boulder, Colo., and other shareholders.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) said it plans to discontinue operations at its Nashville, Tenn., Country Delite Farms manufacturing facility in February 2022.

The Kraft Heinz Co., headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh, said it will combine its U.S. and Canada businesses to create the North America Zone, which is expected to be effective in the second fiscal quarter of 2022.

Irvine, Calif.-based Golden State Foods (GSF), parent company to dairy processor KanPak LLC, said it was named the Gold winner in the Most Socially Responsible Company of the Year category in the 2021 Best in Biz Awards.

Reston, Va.-based Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) said it released its 2022 scholarship application for the cooperative’s scholarship program. 

Dairy processors Stonyfield Organic, Londonderry, N.H., and Waitsfield, Vt.-based Cabot Creamery said they are joining forces alongside the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance (FPSA) and Dairy Farmers of America to place dairy as a leader in forging a circular pathway to decarbonization and climate change mitigation.

The board of directors of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a Kansas City, Kan.-based milk marketing cooperative and global dairy foods company, announced the appointment of Dennis Rodenbaugh as president and CEO of DFA, effective at the end of 2022.

The 44-by-66-foot mural, featuring a Holstein cow with spots arranged as a world map, commemorates Darigold’s commitment to ensuring a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment across its entire enterprise.