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Don’t miss the Pack Expo Connects 2020 event

The virtual event will feature live chats, live product and equipment demos, and educational opportunities.

September 25, 2020

PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, says it will hold its Pack Expo Connects 2020 event Nov. 9-13.

Ups and downs for ready-to-drink tea at retail

But ready-to-drink coffee posted strong dollar and unit sales growth.

Kathie Canning

September 25, 2020

The retail ready-to-drink (RTD) tea and coffee category found itself in a good news/bad news situation over the past year.

DMI, Subway collaborate on hunger, youth programs

DMI also is launching programs to showcase dairy’s essential role in helping families, youth navigate new normal.

September 25, 2020

Subway sandwich franchises nationwide will generate more money for GENYOUth’s Emergency School Meal Delivery Fund and build awareness about the checkoff’s support for youth wellness through Fuel Up to Play 60.

Museum of Ice Cream and Real California Milk launch free virtual ‘Sundae School’

The ice cream-making classes provide kids in California with an educational and engaging lesson with a delicious finale.

September 24, 2020

With a common mission of serving California communities, Museum of Ice Cream (MOIC) and Real California Milk said they are partnering to offer free virtual “Sundae School” classes to foster learning with a sprinkle of fun for students throughout the state.

Finlandia Cheese Inc. changing name to Valio USA

The company is focusing on growth in new, innovative food and dairy categories.

September 24, 2020

Finlandia Cheese Inc., part of Valio, a Helsinki, Finland-headquartered dairy and food company, is changing its name to Valio USA, effective Oct. 1.

Milk butter cheese photo courtesy of Edlong Dairy Technologies

Dairy’s strong bones are helping it weather the COVID-19 pandemic

Manufacturers were adopting cohorted teams, distancing, splitting shifts and adding sanitation even back in March.

John Umhoefer

September 22, 2020

Dairy never stops, and our manufacturers are often so busy executing that they miss the chance to reflect on how well they have performed.

Kraft Heinz agrees to sell its natural cheese business to Groupe Lactalis

The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2021.

September 15, 2020

The Kraft Heinz Co., headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh, said it entered into a definitive agreement to sell its natural, grated, cultured and specialty cheese businesses to a U.S. affiliate of the French dairy giant Groupe Lactalis (Buffalo, N.Y.-based Lactalis American Group) for the purchase price of $3.2 billion.

Good Culture attains B Corporation certification

Certified B Corporations ‘meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose.’

September 15, 2020

Good Culture, an Irvine, Calif.-based cultured dairy products brand “on a mission to make clean, healing foods available to the masses with real organic and non-GMO ingredients,” said it is now a Certified B Corporation, joining the ranks of merely 2,500 companies across 50 countries.

Dairy Farmers of America expands commitment to help feed those in need

The cooperative launches program to help community food banks secure much-needed refrigeration and keep them stocked with milk.

September 10, 2020

As part of Hunger Action Month this September and with the increased demand for food assistance due to COVID-19, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) announced an expanded commitment designed to make a lasting impact in the fight against hunger.

2019 State of the Industry: US dairy exports lose their pass line bets

COVID-19’s effect on dairy demand

As the pandemic continues, there are many unknowns as to how the global dairy market will react.

Nate Donnay

September 10, 2020

We all talk about dairy demand as if we know what we're talking about. If you are trying to sell cheese to an importer in Mexico and you sell them 10% more than you did last year, is that good demand? What if you had to cut your price in half from last year to make that sale? Is that still good demand?