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Ronin Equity Partners acquires three specialty cheese companies

The newly created company will be a platform for specialty cheese, cured meat and charcuterie.

June 8, 2021

New York-based Ronin Equity Partners said it acquired Red Apple Cheese (a producer of smoked, flavored and kosher specialty cheeses), Barron County Cheese (a major smoker and copacker for the specialty cheese industry), and Cheese Brothers (an eCommerce specialty cheese business).

Dairy briefs

News from dairy processors, associations and suppliers.

June 8, 2021

Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) announced Peggy Han as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer.

TC Transcontinental Packaging sustainability award

TC Transcontinental Packaging wins sustainability award

The company was lauded for its Integritite PCR collation shrink film.

June 7, 2021

Chicago-based TC Transcontinental Packaging said it was named the winner for Innovations in Sustainability in this year’s Flexographic Technical Association Sustainability Excellence Award competition for its Integritite post-consumer recycled (PCR) collation shrink film.

Cacique breaks ground on state-of-the-art dairy processing facility in Amarillo, Texas

The new facility will help the company accelerate expansion and meet growing demand for its dairy and other products nationwide.

June 3, 2021

Cacique LLC — a privately-owned Hispanic foods company that boasts the No. 1 brand of authentic Mexican-style cheeses, cremas and chorizos in the United States — said it officially broke ground on an $88 million dairy processing facility in Amarillo, Texas.

Stonyfield Organic to pay consumers to eat organic yogurt in honor of World Environment Day

The company is teaming up with The Organic Center and Organic Valley to unveil a Toxins Calculator designed to help demonstrate the positive environmental impacts of switching to organic dairy products.

June 2, 2021

On World Environment Day, Stonyfield Organic, a Londonderry, N.H.-based organic yogurt maker, is collaborating with The Organic Center and Organic Valley to launch the Toxins Calculator, a free tool to discover the environmental impacts of organic dairy.

Castello to celebrate National Cheese Day with the ‘Ultimate Havarti Party’

Fans are invited to enter the Ultimate Havarti Party sweepstakes for a chance to win prizes, including $1,000 and a year's supply of Castello havarti cheese.

June 2, 2021

Castello, a Basking Ridge, N.J.-based brand of Arla Foods Inc., said it is making every cheese lover's dream a reality this National Cheese Day (June 4).

Prairie Farms celebrating dairy farmers, June Dairy Month with dairy prize packages

Consumers may enter Prairie Farms’ Dairy Month Sweepstakes for a chance to win one of 10 weekly prize packages.

June 1, 2021

June is National Dairy Month — a perfect time to celebrate all the great things about dairy.

Dairy briefs

News from dairy processors, associations and suppliers.

May 28, 2021

In commemoration of World Hunger Day and to celebrate 50 years of bringing flavor and tradition to homes across Texas, La Vaquita — a Houston-based subsidiary of Kansas City, Kan.-headquartered Dairy Farmers of America — said it will donate 13,000 pounds of its popular queso fresco to the Houston Food Bank on May 28 to help local communities fight hunger.

Ron Kremer to receive WDPA Presidents Award

Kremer served two separate terms on WDPA’s board of directors.

May 27, 2021

The Wisconsin Dairy Products Association (WDPA), Middleton, Wis., said Ron Kremer was selected to receive the 2021 WDPA Presidents Award.

Dairy groups applaud letter urging USDA to make low-fat flavored milk school flexibilities permanent

The letter specifically requests making permanent a current flexibility that allows schools to offer low-fat flavored milk.

May 27, 2021

A bipartisan group of more than 50 members of the U.S. House of Representatives today sent a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack urging USDA to address the underconsumption of dairy foods among American school-aged children.