PLMA’s annual Salute to Excellence Awards program recognizes outstanding food and nonfood products introduced within the last year by supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, online retailers, wholesalers and more.
“Over the last few months, I spent time visiting local promotion boards and going on farms in Michigan, Maine, Kansas and more,” O’Brien said. “Visiting farms offered valuable insights into various business operations, technology and teamwork that define dairy farming today, regardless of geography or scale.
Lifeway Foods posted net sales of $57.1 million, record financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. This is up 24% year-over-year and approximately 29% on a comparable basis, the highest revenue for a quarter in the company's 40 years.
Across the country, edible gifts are becoming a favorite way to share meaning and memory. In Wisconsin, cheesemakers embrace the trend with handcrafted gift boxes inspired by connection, tradition, and the simple joy of delicious food.
Rollins spoke to some 750 farmers, cooperative leaders and industry professionals gathered to discuss industry topics ranging from an economic outlook to dairy labor challenges.
Founded by third-generation Texas pecan farmer Kortney Chase, Pecana’s expansion includes new placements at Natural Grocers, Harmons and Sprouts Farmers Market (Texas), alongside its recent national launch with Walmart, bringing the brand’s footprint to nearly 4,500 stores nationwide ahead of the holiday.
Rexing and his wife, Ranell, operate New Generation Dairy, near Owensville, Ind., milking 1,200 cows and farming 3,500 acres of corn, beans, wheat and alfalfa.
The event marks the launch of Phase Two of Lifeway's four-phase, $45 million expansion project, a long-term investment designed to double overall production capacity, increase operational efficiencies, expand production hours and staffing, and solidify the Midwest's position as the global hub of kefir production.
The keynote will take place at the Loew’s Arlington Hotel as part of the Joint Annual Meeting hosted by NMPF, the National Dairy Board and the United Dairy Industry Association.
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