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Two-part harmony

Milk shippers group aligns the PMO with FDA’s rule

The Grade “A” Pasteurized Milk Ordinance is now aligned with FSMA’s regulatory requirements in the preventive controls rule for human food.

May 23, 2017

IDFA hails the milk shippers group’s decision to align the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance with FSMA’s regulatory requirements in the preventive controls rule for human food.

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Lotta latte

Berner Food and Beverage slakes the thirst for RTD beverages

The Illinois dairy processor tripled its facility to 290,000 square feet. It uses the retort process to manufacture beverages and cheeses.

May 22, 2017

Ready-to-drink dairy/coffee beverages are a huge opportunity for Berner Food and Beverage, a contract manufacturer and private label supplier in Illinois that expanded its dairy plant.

Shopping cart

Retailers pulled back on dairy ads this week

Advertisements for ice cream decline from last week, but ads for conventional yogurt increase.

May 12, 2017

Retailers are advertising ice cream this week, even though ad numbers declined 5% from last week. The national weighted average advertised price for a package of ice cream is $3.06.

Forklift operator in a warehouse photo by Vito Palmisano for Dairy Foods

Now hiring

Exclusive Dairy Foods survey: Dairy processors are hiring

Dairy processors have vacant positions to fill. What’s the secret to landing that job? Have good personal chemistry and speak English.

James Carper

May 12, 2017

There are jobs awaiting you in the dairy industry. According to Dairy Foods’ 2017 Hiring Survey, 70% of the companies we surveyed report they are actively seeking to fill one or more full-time or part-time positions.

Gehl Foods rebrands cheese sauces sold in foodservice outlets

May 12, 2017

Gehl Foods, Germantown, Wis., unveiled a new logo, look, feel and tone for its cheese sauces sold in foodservice outlets.

Dairy processors are All Star winners

May 11, 2017

All Star Association Inc., Lexington, Ky., elected new board members at its annual convention in March.

Dairies invest in production facilities

May 10, 2017

Executives heading dairy processing firms must be confident in the future of the industry, based on their investment and expansion plans. In March and April, these companies made the following announcements:

Dannon, ADPI support university students with their research into the health impact of yogurt

May 8, 2017

Two university students each received $25,000 to support their research into the health impact of yogurt. Erin Davis from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Haley Chatelaine from The Ohio State University were selected from a pool of over 120 applicants by an international committee of scientists in food and nutrition.

Dairy cow photo from Dairyfoods.com courtesy of Land O Lakes

Spring flush

Prediction: U.S. to be awash in organic milk this year

One organic dairy coop expects 5% growth in milk receipts but has imposed a quota on members and stopped contracting with new members in March.

May 6, 2017

There is an organic milk surplus of 50 million gallons. Some of this milk is being sold into conventional milk markets, reports this week’s Dairy Market News from the USDA.

JonnyPops is taking its ice cream novelty business to new heights

JonnyPops co-founders Connor Wray and Erik Brust are taking their ice cream novelty business to new heights.

James Carper

May 5, 2017

Frozen novelties is a $4.9 billion annual business. Sales were up 4% but unit sales rose only 2.2% in the 52 weeks ended Feb. 19, 2017, according to IRI, a Chicago-based market research firm.