While net sales for General Mills' U.S. Retail segment dipped 5% from the prior year, the Snacks, Yoplait and Small Planet Foods divisions achieved net sales gains.
September 17, 2014
"In U.S. Retail, our Yoplait yogurt business returned to growth, with volume, sales, and market share gains,” said General Mills Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ken Powell in a statement today.
. More than 130 dairy executives, managers, industry vendors and supplier representatives from throughout the Northeast are expected to attend.
September 16, 2014
The Northeast Dairy Foods Association and the Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers will hold their 27th annual combined convention at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York, Pa., on Sept. 22 and 23
The FDA suggests changes to food labels and portion sizes. The IDFA points out the ramifications to dairy processors and to consumers: chiefly confusion and high costs.
While IDFA asks FDA to back off on its no added sugars declaration, NMPF says it is “basically supportive” of the idea. But both groups oppose changing the serving size of ice cream.
Production began this summer at a new whey and lactose production facility that is a joint venture between Denmark’s Arla Foods Ingredients and German dairy co-operative Deutsches Milchkontor.
Joseph Gallo Farms is using speed, eco-friendly practices and quality to compete with the giant cheesemakers and the small artisan operations on the West Coast.
At Joseph Gallo Farms, nothing goes to waste. Whey becomes a revenue stream. Process water is recycled for irrigation and manure is converted to gas to power generators.
Joseph Gallo Farms might just be the very model of a modern major cheesemaker. It’s all about use and re-use. Nothing goes to waste at this central California cheesemaking and dairy farming business. What little waste there is is re-purposed into salable ingredients, energy or gray water.