Who won the Dairy Foods 2012 Plant of the Year?
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Readers of Dairy Foods selected the 2012 Plant of the Year. The magazine nominated 13 dairy processing plants that had been featured in Dairy Foods magazine and on dairyfoods.com over the previous 18 months. Voting was online at dairyfoods.com during the month of June. |
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The Nominees for Dairy Foods Plant Of The Year:
The Dannon Co., Minster, Ohio (June 2012)
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Dannon’s highly automated plant in Minster, Ohio, can process 3 million cups of yogurt a day. The 24/7 facility turns out cup-set and blended yogurts, plus cultured dairy beverages. |
Gifford's Ice Cream, Skowhegan, Maine (May 2012)
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Gifford’s makes the world’s best chocolate ice cream using old-fashioned recipes and equipment at its little plant in Skowhegan. |
Broadacre Dairy, Powell Station, Tenn.(April 2012)
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Broadacre Dairy has one building on the edge of its property that makes it unique among dairy processors: a log cabin where the owner was born. |
Swiss Valley Farms, Luana, Iowa (March 2012)
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A manufacturing facility in Luana, Iowa runs 24/7, every day of the year. Swiss Valley Farms produces Swiss-style cheeses, cream cheeses and whey powders. |
Mars Ice Cream, Burr Ridge, Ill. (February 2012)
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From a consumer’s perspective, ice cream is about fun and good times. The ice cream division of Mars Chocolate North America shares that point of view. |
Emmi Roth USA, Penn Yan, N.Y. (January 2012)
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Emmi Roth’s facility in New York state is like a Swiss army knife for dairy processing. It has a tool for just about everything, including high- and low-acid aseptic dairy and nondairy products, bag-in-box and retail stand-up re-closable pouches. |
Pierre's Ice Cream, Cleveland (October 2011)
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Euclid Avenue runs east from downtown Cleveland and out to the University Circle neighborhood and the famed Cleveland Clinic medical center. The boulevard is dotted with abandoned buildings and empty lots. |
Milano's Cheese, Linden, N.J. (September 2011)
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Between new product development and maintaining food safety, Milano’s Cheese Co. prides itself on training, training and more training. |
Fage, Johnstown, N.Y. (June 2011)
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Fage USA’s Johnstown, N.Y., plant is equipped with all the bells and whistles to stay ahead of the game. |
Guida's Milk, New Britain, Conn. (April 2011)
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New equipment helps Guida’s land new customers. The commitment to quality and Old School processing techniques are part of the traditions at this Connecticut processor. |
DCI Cheese, Green Bay, Wis. (March 2011)
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Last year’s GFSI certification capped a barrage of investments that gives DCI Cheese Co. precise command over the varied and voluminous output of its Green Bay converting plant. |
Perry's Ice Cream, Akron, N.Y. (February 2011)
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New production equipment and a new frozen-foods warehouse have positionedPerry’s Ice Cream Co. for growth. Its 120,000-square-foot facility in western New York is one of only two large-scale plants in the state. |
Nestle, Anderson, Ind. (January 2011)
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Nestle bottles Nesquik and liquid coffee creamers in a state-of-the-art aseptic plant in Anderson , Ind. The facility is LEED-certified for its green features. |