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Cabot Creamery is on the move

March 2, 2016

The dairy brand of the Agri-Mark cooperative is expanding beyond its base in the Northeast. Walmart has taken Cabot products nationwide, while the co-op itself exports dairy powders worldwide.

Maytag blue cheese recall at Whole Foods

Food safety

Whole Foods recalls Maytag raw milk blue cheese

The Iowa Department of Agriculture discovered possible contamination by Listeria monocytogenes. No reported illnesses have been linked to the product.

March 1, 2016

Maytag Dairy Farms has recalled its raw milk blue cheese because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

Chobani smoothies and parfaits at McDonald's

Foodservice

Dairy processor Chobani places its Greek yogurt on McDonald’s menus

Mickey D’s will serve smoothies and fruit parfaits made with Greek yogurt.

February 29, 2016

Chobani said that 800 McDonald’s restaurants in Southern California will serve parfaits and smoothies made with Greek yogurt.

Agriculture event

Franklin Foods participates in 2016 Arizona Agricultural Experience

The events take place from March 8th through the 10th.

February 29, 2016

The Arizona AG Experience, hosted by the Pinal 40, is a three day event celebrating dairies, farming and agriculture in Pinal County.

Annual report

Nestlé dairy foods brand Häagen-Dazs helps to drive growth in North America

In North America growth accelerated, led by the turnaround in the frozen meals business.

February 18, 2016

International dairy processing giat Nestlé reported today total sales in 2015 of 88.8 billion Swiss francs.

Earnings report

For European dairy cooperative Arla, 2015 revenues decline 3.3%

Arla cited several factors for the result, including increased milk supply in Europe, China’s slowdown in demand and the Russian embargo.

February 17, 2016

Revenues for the European dairy cooperative Arla declined 3.3% to 10.3 billion euro in 2015.

Making ice cream while the sun shines: Inside the Magnolia ice cream plant

James Carper

February 17, 2016

Solar panels power two food processing plants in Pittsburg, Calif. Ramar Foods makes its Magnolia brand ice cream and novelties in one 17,000-square-foot facility.

Ways to tame our sweet tooth

Phillip S. Tong

February 9, 2016

Before you cut sugar from all your products, be sure you know what your consumers really want, and what they do not want.

House of Flavors Purple Cow recalled ice cream in January 2016

Ah, nuts!

Nuts, wood pieces trigger recall from 2 ice cream processors

There might be wood pieces in H-E-B’s turtle ice cream. Pecans are found in Purple Cow’s cookie butter flavor made by House of Flavors. The lid doesn't match the cup.

February 5, 2016

H-E-B and House of Flavors issue product recalls of certain ice cream packages.

Magnolia ice cream blossoms with tropical ice cream

Tropical topics

Magnolia ice cream blossoms with tropical flavors

Moving from a grocer’s ethnic door to the ice cream door is where the company wants to be. But, as an executive notes, “It’s a lot more crowded in the ice cream door.”

James Carper

February 3, 2016

Ramar Foods started out serving Asian groceries. Now, after repositioning its Magnolia ice cream brand, the California processor is picking up mainstream retailers. Yet the third-generation management stays true to its Filipino roots.