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Dean’s dairy prowess
wins Gold as Sysco’s
top supplier for 2012

Sysco Corporation recently named Dean Foods and its Morningstar Foods business unit as its top Gold Supplier across all categories and a Gold Supplier in the dairy category for 2012....

Shamrock business marks
90 years of innovation

From home-delivered glass milk bottles to nationally distributed on-the-go milk produced at a rate of 400-plus bottles a minute....

Energy recycling firm
acquires CHP projects
at Dean Foods facilities

Recycled Energy Development (RED) has acquired combined heat and power (CHP) projects at Dean Foods facilities in City of Industry CA and Franklin MA....

Perron Trucking receives
seventh Sargento award

At its spring driver’s meeting in April 2012, Timon Perron Trucking of Campbellsport WI celebrated receiving its seventh Large Carrier Of The Year Award from Sargento Cheese....

Meijer expands into dairy
ops via plant acquisition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Investment firm acquires
dairy processing plant,
brand from Dean Foods

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

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

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

Dean Foods settles
with Southeast Dairy
Farmers for $140 million

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