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Rutter’s Dairy is in control of it all

Rutter’s Dairy manages the quality of its product from start to finish — from the farms providing its milk, to its quality testing, to the trucks it operates.

Anna Boisseau

April 1, 2021

An old adage says: "If you want something done right, do it yourself." This saying perfectly encapsulates the operations of Rutter's Dairy, which produces fluid milk along with some juice and tea products at its York, Pa.-based plant.

Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese’s plant is a model of sustainability

Powered by green energy, the company’s cheese plant transforms fresh milk into handcrafted fresh cheese in hours instead of days.

Kathie Canning

March 3, 2021

The first thing most visitors see as they draw near to the fresh cheese plant operated by Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese LLC is a colorful, hand-painted 52-square-foot mural depicting the unique farm-to-consumer journey of the family-run company's products.

Tillamook County Creamery Association has high expectations

The cooperative’s rigorous quality standards extend to not only its own plant operations, but also its process for auditing suppliers and co-manufacturers.

February 17, 2021

Nestled along the Pacific coast in upper Oregon is the town of Tillamook. It’s the name given to not only the town itself, but also the surrounding bay, the county in which it’s located, the local high school and Tillamook County Creamery Association, a 112-year-old cooperative that calls the area home.

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association is delivering on promises

The cooperative produces milk and other dairy products that are ‘fresh from the farm to fridge’ and ‘100% local.’

Kathie Canning

January 11, 2021

Maola Local Dairies, the signature brand from Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association Inc. (MDVA), covers dairy products touted as being "fresh from farm to fridge" and "100% local."

Casper’s Ice Cream’s newest plant is a frozen novelty powerhouse

The state-of-the-art processing facility produces 350 million ice cream and frozen novelty products annually.

Kathie Canning

October 5, 2020

Richmond, Utah, is not exactly what one would call a metropolis, it boasts a population of fewer than 3,000 people. Despite its small status, however, the rural town has earned some decidedly big bragging rights.

Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery masterfully adapts its plant operations

The cooperative made smart moves in its Ellsworth, Wis.-based plant to adjust to its increased production and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic.

Anna Boisseau

August 31, 2020

The small town of Ellsworth, Wis., which is tucked into the Northwest corner of Wisconsin close to the Twin Cities, has a big claim to fame. In a state renowned for its cheese curds, it was the town designated the "Cheese Curd Capital of Wisconsin" due to being home to the eponymous Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery.

LALA U.S. Omaha plant is a steward of the LALA brand

With an emphasis on technology improvements, safety and team engagement, LALA U.S.’s Omaha, Neb., processing facility is able to maintain the high quality standards of its flagship LALA brand.

Kathie Canning

June 12, 2020

In Mexico, LALA is the beloved flagship brand of Mexico City-based dairy giant Grupo LALA. The brand covers a wide range of products, from milk and yogurt to cheese and dairy desserts.

It’s all in the data at Oregon Ice Cream Co.’s plant

Oregon Ice Cream Co.’s software investments allow the company to make continuous improvements to its plant operations.

Anna Boisseau

April 29, 2020

Eugene, Ore. is home to Oregon Ice Cream Co.'s 80,000-square-foot plant, which produces ice cream under the Alden's Organic brand: the No. 1-selling organic ice cream brand in the natural channel in the United States.

Baker Cheese’s cheese plant was built to stretch

Baker Cheese’s plant expansion was designed to handle the continually increasing demand for the company’s string cheese

Anna Boisseau

March 4, 2020

Halfway through the family-owned Baker Cheese Inc. plant in St. Cloud, Wis., you'll come upon a kind of magical lazy river of cheese. Different sizes and varieties of the company's low-moisture, part-skim mozzarella string cheese float through a stream of brine.

High Road Craft Brands scales up its operation

High Road Craft Brands has experienced phenomenal growth over the past decade. But its ice cream plant remains committed to small-batch, craft operations

Kathie Canning

February 4, 2020

Tucked away in a Marietta, Ga., industrial park, surrounded by Georgia pines, is a 75,000-square-foot, nondescript off-white building that offers few external cues as to what’s inside. But once a visitor steps into that building, he or she will see an operation that is actually rather exceptional.

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Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association Inc. (MDVA), Landover, MD

The 175,000-square-foot facility boasts 103 employees, most of whom are dedicated to production, warehouse and shipping, or engineering and maintenance. Production takes place six days a week across two eight-hour processing shifts; a third shift is dedicated to cleanup and HTST processing. Packaging formats include caseless and conventional gallons, quarts and totes, Aarons says.