Dairy Distribution

Dairy distribution news, information from Refrigerated Transporter magazine

Lifeway Foods acquires
Golden Guernsey dairy
plant in Waukesha WI

Lifeway Foods Inc has announced the $7.4 million acquisition of the Golden Guernsey dairy plant in Waukesha WI....

WOW Logistics seeks
scholarship applicants

WOW Logistics is offering its annual scholarship, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research, to students attending a University of Wisconsin System school seeking a degree in dairy or food science....

Dean Foods Co meets
Energy Star Challenge

Dean Foods Company has met the requirements for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “Energy Star Challenge for Industry” by reducing its energy intensity by 10% or more at 18 manufacturing locations....

Dippin’ Dots investment
adds some refreshment
to Kentucky’s economy

Dippin’ Dots LLC, maker of novelty ice cream and frozen treats, announced a $3.1 million modernization and renovation at its Paducah KY manufacturing facility....

Aurora Organic Dairy
donates milk and butter
to hunger relief groups

Aurora Organic Dairy donated more than 28,000 gallons of organic milk and 2,540 pounds of organic butter to hunger relief organizations in 2012....

The Chefs' Warehouse
purchases Queensgate

The Chefs’ Warehouse Inc has acquired substantially all the assets of Cincinnati OH-based Queensgate Foodservice....

Stonyfield Farm implements
LeanLogistics On-Demand TMS

LeanLogistics has added Stonyfield Farm to its network of food and beverage On-Demand TMS clients....

Dean Foods agrees to sell
Morningstar unit to Saputo

Dean Foods Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Morningstar Foods division to Saputo Inc for $1.45 billion....

NFRA elects officers,
directors at meeting

The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association elected its officers and board of directors members for 2012-2013 at its annual membership meeting and luncheon in Washington DC recently....

PLM completes
regional transition
of its distribution

Paleteria La Michoacana (PLM), the Modesto CA-based manufacturer of Hispanic ice cream treats, announced completion of the transition of its distribution to independent distributors in the Rocky Mountain region and parts of Texas....

Vocational Energy opens
public-access CNG station
for Smith Dairy Products

Vocational Energy has opened its first public-access compressed natural gas [CNG] fueling station, constructed for Smith Dairy Products Company....

Tosca acquires reusable
plastic container unit
of Georgia-Pacific LLC

Tosca Limited, a US-based provider of reusable container pooling and logistics services to the food supply chain, has acquired the reusable plastic container division of Georgia-Pacific LLC (GP RPC)....

Yogurt-producing plant
being built in Batavia NY

New York Gov Andrew Cuomo joined Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo Inc chairman and chief executive officer; and Theo Müller Group CEO Heiner Kamps in the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park in Batavia NY to celebrate construction of a new yogurt-manufacturing facility....

Clover Stornetta Farms
goes solar with Cogenra

Cogenra Solar announced its first dairy solar cogeneration system at the Clover Stornetta Farms Dairy Processing Plant in Petaluma CA....

Ice cream producer
PLM transitions
distribution in CA

Paleteria La Michoacana (PLM), the Modesto CA-based manufacturer of Hispanic ice cream treats, has completed the transition of its distribution to independent distributors....