Dairy Distribution

Dairy distribution news, information from Refrigerated Transporter magazine

Meijer expands into dairy
ops via plant acquisition
Mar 30, 2012

Grand Rapids MI-based retailer Meijer has acquired plant operations at Bareman’s Dairy, a local family-owned company based in Holland MI....

Friendly Ice Cream Corp
emerges from Chapter 11
Jan 10, 2012

Friendly Ice Cream Corporation and its subsidiaries, the operator of Friendly’s restaurants and a nationwide distributor of ice cream products, announced that the company has successfully emerged from its voluntary Chapter 11....

Dairy.com makes Fast 500
Dec 2, 2011

Dairy.com has earned a ranking on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and clean technology companies in North America....

Lifeway Foods expands
Kefir retail distribution
Nov 30, 2011

Lifeway Foods Inc has expanded distribution of its flagship line, Kefir, into 125 Galaxy stores, 111 Lowes supermarkets, 85 IGA supermarkets, and 81 Sam’s Club retail locations....

Dean Foods receives
Mission Partner honors
from Feeding America
Nov 29, 2011

At a time of year when hunger is in the spotlight, Dean Foods has been recognized for its efforts to fight hunger by being named a national Mission Partner by Feeding America....

McDonald’s USA chooses
Dean as top supplier
Oct 3, 2011

McDonald’s USA has selected Dean Foods, a leading dairy supplier for many of the fast food chain’s restaurants, as the 2011 US Supplier of the Year....

Horizon observes 20 years
of organic dairy milestones
Sep 29, 2011

The Horizon organic dairy brand is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2011....

Investment firm acquires
dairy processing plant,
brand from Dean Foods
Sep 19, 2011

Global private investment firm OpenGate Capital has completed its acquisition of a Waukesha WI-based dairy processing plant and related assets from Dean Foods Company....

Fair Oaks Farms leases
42 CNG-powered trucks
provided by PacLease
Sep 2, 2011

Fair Oaks Farms and Paccar Leasing Company (PacLease) have entered into a full-service lease agreement for 42 new Kenworth T440 tractors powered by Cummins Westport ISL-G compressed natural gas (CNG) engines....

Borden Dairy Co expands
distribution in Southeast
Aug 1, 2011

Borden Dairy Company will bring its milk to more dairy aisles across the Southeast....

Dean Foods settles
with Southeast Dairy
Farmers for $140 million
Jul 14, 2011

Southeast Dairy Farmers has announced a partial settlement in its class action lawsuit against Dean Foods, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), and others....

Dean Foods enhances
Southern California fleet
with Ryder CNG vehicles
Jun 29, 2011

Ryder System Inc (NYSE: R) has delivered five natural gas-fueled delivery vehicles to Dean Foods, Ryder’s first customer for NG commercial vehicles made available through its agreement with the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) in Southern California....

Quantum, Agility help
dairy trucks run cleaner
Jun 27, 2011

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc (Nasdaq: QTWW) has received a $434,000 contract for high-capacity natural gas on-board storage tanks from Agility Fuel Systems for use in Class 8 renewable natural gas-powered dairy trucks....

Clean Energy contracts
with Fair Oaks affiliate
to build CNG fuel station
Jun 16, 2011

Renewable Dairy Fuels, an affiliate of Indiana milk producer Fair Oaks Dairy, has contracted with Clean Energy Fuels Corporation (Nasdaq: CLNE) to build and operate a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station that will dispense CNG fuel to power the initial fleet of 42 CNG milk-hauling trucks the dairy plans to deploy later in 2011....

General Mills agrees
to acquire Yoplait share
May 24, 2011

General Mills (NYSE: GIS) has signed definitive agreements with PAI partners and Sodiaal to acquire a 51% controlling interest in Yoplait SAS and a 50% interest in a related entity. ...

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