2017 Dairy 100
Top 100 Dairy Companies
Dairy Foods’ 24th annual report identifies the largest dairy processors in North America.
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The Dairy 100 List
Note: Code to Type (ownership): C=Cooperative; Pr=Privately held company; Pu=Publicly traded company; An asterisk on a sales figure denotes a Dairy Foods estimate.
1. Nestlé USA
Arlington, VA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Paul Grimwood, CEO
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Nestle, Vevey Switzerland
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $12,095.0* (2016) | $11,623.2* (2015) Estimated sales in USA of ice cream, milk products, water and powdered/liquid beverages. Total USA sales were $27 billion. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Nestle Ice Cream, Dreyer’s/Edy’s Grand & Slow Churned, Dibs, Outshine, Drumstick, Push-Up, Frosty Paws, Eskimo Pie, Skinny Cow, Häagen-Dazs, Nesquik, Coffee-mate, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Wonka.
Products: Packaged ice cream, ice cream bars, frozen fruit bars, frozen snacks, frozen dairy desserts, sorbet, frozen yogurt, milk-based beverages, coffee creamers, water.
Plants (9): California: Bakersfield (ice cream, sherbet, novelties, frozen desserts), Tulare (ice cream, novelties, frozen yogurt, sorbet); Illinois: Jacksonville (Coffee-mate creamer); Indiana: Fort Wayne (ice cream, novelties); Anderson (RTD flavored milk, liquid nondairy creamers); Iowa: Waverly (Nestle Carnation instant breakfast, hot cocoa, Coffee-mate, Nestea, Nesquik strawberry); Maryland: Laurel (ice cream, frozen desserts, novelties); New Jersey: Freehold (Taster’s Choice soluble coffee, Nestea soluble tea); Utah: Salt Lake City (ice cream, sherbet, frozen desserts).
2. Dean Foods Co.
Dallas, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Ralph Scozzafava, CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $7,710.2 (2016) | $8,121.7 (2015) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Alta Dena, Arctic Splash, Barbers Dairy, Barbe’s, Berkeley Farms, Broughton, Brown Cow, Brown’s Dairy, Chug, Country Fresh, Country Love, Creamland, DairyPure, Dean’s, Fieldcrest, Friendly's, Fruit Rush, Gandy’s, Garelick Farms, Hygeia, Jilbert, Knudsen (licensed brand) Land O Lakes (licensed brand), Land-O-Sun & design, Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms, Louis Trauth Dairy Inc., Mayfield, McArthur, Meadow Brook, Meadow Gold, Mile High Ice Cream, Model Dairy, Morning Glory, Nature’s Pride, Nurture, Nutty Buddy, Oak Farms, Orchard Pure, Over the Moon, Pet (licensed brand) Pog (licensed brand), Price’s, Purity, ReadyLeaf, Reiter, Robinson, Schepps, Shenandoah’s Pride, Stroh’s, Swiss Dairy, Swiss Premium, TruMoo, T.G. Lee, Tuscan, Turtle Tracks, Verifine, Viva.
Products: Milk, ice cream, cultured dairy products, creamers, juices, bottled water and teas.
Plants (66): Alabama: Homewood Plants (2); California: City of Industry Plants (2), Hayward; Colorado: Englewood, Greeley; Florida: Deland, Miami, Orlando; Georgia: Braselton; Hawaii: Hilo, Honolulu; Idaho: Boise; Illinois: Belvidere, Harvard, Huntley, O’Fallon, Rockford; Indiana: Decatur, Huntington; Iowa: LeMars; Kentucky: Louisville; Louisiana: Hammond; Massachusetts: Franklin, Lynn, Wilbraham; Michigan: Grand Rapids, Livonia, Marquette; Minnesota: Thief River Falls, Woodbury; Montana: Billings, Great Falls; Nevada: North Las Vegas, Reno; New Jersey: Florence; New Mexico: Albuquerque; New York: Rensselaer; North Carolina: High Point, Winston-Salem; North Dakota: Bismarck; Oklahoma: Tulsa; Ohio: Marietta, Springfield, Toledo; Pennsylvania: Erie, Lansdale, Lebanon, Schuylkill Haven, Sharpsville; South Carolina: Spartanburg; South Dakota: Sioux Falls; Tennessee: Athens, Nashville Plants (2); Texas: Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Lubbock, McKinney, San Antonio; Utah: Salt Lake City; Virginia: Richmond; Wisconsin: Ashwaubenon.
3. Saputo Inc.
Montreal, Québec
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Lino A. Saputo Jr., CEO, Vice COB
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 3/31
Sales (in millions): $7,112.0 (2016) | $7,313.7 (2015) Revenues from Canada and USA, converted from Cdn$. Total company revenues = $8.1 billion. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Saputo, Alexis de Portneuf, Armstrong, COON, Dairyland, DairyStar, Friendship Dairies, Frigo Cheese Heads, La Paulina, Milk2Go/Lait’s Go, Neilson, Nutrilait, Stella, Sungold, Treasure Cave and Woolwich Dairy. Trademarks used under licence: Cracker Barrel, Scotsburn.
Products: Fluid milk, cream, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, cheeses (including mozzarella, Cheddar, ricotta, Provolone, Parmesan, Feta, Havarti, Brie, Camembert, Brick, Colby, farmer, Muenster and Monterey Jack), goat cheese, fresh curd and processed cheeses, dairy ingredients (including whey powder, lactose and whey protein concentrates).
Plants (50): USA Cheese Division, 14. California: South Gate, Tulare (3), Newman; South Dakota: Big Stone City; Wisconsin: Almena, Green Bay, Fond du Lac, Lancaster, Lena, Reedsburg, Waupun, Black Creek. USA Dairy Foods Division , 10. California: Gustine, Tulare; Texas: Sulphur Springs; Minnesota: White Bear Lake; Alabama: Decatur; Kentucky: Murray; Connecticut: Newington; Maryland: Frederick; New York: Friendship, N.Y. (cottage cheese, sour cream, buttermilk, dry curd, Farmer cheese), Fraser (ice cream mix, specialty beverages, half & half, whipping cream, dairy creamer, aerosol whipped topping).
Canada Dairy Division, 22. Alberta: Calgary, Edmonton, Glenwood, Red Deer; British Columbia: Abbotsford, Burnaby, Courtenay; Manitoba: Brandon; New Brunswick: Saint John; Nova Scotia: Dartmouth, Saint Mount Pearl; Ontario: Georgetown, Orangeville, Ottawa, Tavistock, Trenton; Québec: Mont-Laurier, Plessisville, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Léonard, Saint-Raymond de Portneuf; Saskatchewan: Saskatoon.
Dairy Division (Argentina), 2. Dairy Division (Australia), 2.
4. DanoneWave
White Plains, NY, and Broomfield, CO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Lorna Davis, CEO
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Danone S.A., France
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $6,000.0 (2016) | $2,700.0 (2015) Listed separately last year as Danone North America and WhiteWave Foods. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Dannon, Activia, Oikos, Light & Fit, Danimals, Dan-o-nino, YoCream, YoCrunch, Horizon Organic, Wallaby, Silk, So Delicious, Earthbound Farm, Vega, International Delight.
Products: Yogurt, Greek yogurt, drinkable yogurts, smoothies, frozen yogurt, coffee creamers, plant-based beverages, organic foods & beverages, nutritionals.
Plants (15): California: City of Industry, San Juan Bautista; Florida: Jacksonville; New Jersey: Bridgeton; Pennsylvania: DuBois; Ohio: Minster (yogurt and dairy drinks); Oregon: Portland (frozen yogurt); Texas: Dallas, Ft. Worth (yogurt); Utah: West Jordan (yogurt and dairy drinks). Virginia: Mt. Crawford. Canada: Boucherville (yogurt, yogurt drinks). Belgium: Wevelgem; France: Issenheim; UK: Kettering.
5. Kraft Heinz Co.
Pittsburgh, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Howard Friedman, Head of the U.S. Meat and Dairy Business
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $5,661.0 (2016) | $2,795.0 (2015) Sales are for Cheese and dairy segment only. Total company sales were $26.487 billion. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Athenos, Breakstone’s, Cracker Barrel, Fresh Take, Grated Parmesan, Knudsen, Natural Cheese, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Polly-O, Singles, Velveeta
Products: Natural Cheese, Processed Cheese, Greek yogurt, cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese and cheese blends.
Plants (10): California: Tulare; Illinois: Champaign; Minnesota: Albany; New Ulm; Missouri: Springfield; New York: Campbell, Lowville, Walton; Wisconsin: Beaver Dam, Wausau. Kraft Heinz Co. owns or leases 48 facilities in the United States and Canada.
6. Schreiber Foods
Green Bay, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael J. Haddad, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 10/1
Sales (in millions): $5,000.0 (2016) | $5,000.0 (2015)
Dairy Brands: Schreiber, School Choice, Cooper, Clearfield Deli, La Feria, Menu, American Heritage, Pauly, Raskas, Ready-cut
Products: Cheese, cream cheese, blends, yogurt, yogurt drinks, dairy desserts, specialty cheeses
Plants (28): United States (14): Arizona: Tempe; California: Fullerton; Missouri: Carthage (2 plants), Monett, Mount Vernon; Pennsylvania: Shippensburg; Texas: Stephenville; Utah: Logan, Smithfield; Wisconsin: Green Bay, Richland Center (2 plants), West Bend.
International (14): Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany (2 plants), India (2 plants), Mexico, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain (3 plants).
7. Agropur
Saint-Hubert, Quebec
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Robert Coallier, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 10/31
Sales (in millions): $4,486.8 (2016) | $4,481.3 (2015) Converted from Cdn$. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: ANCO, iögo (joint venture with Ultima Foods), Natrel, Québon, Sealtest, Island Farms, Oka, Farmers, Central Dairies, Allegro, Damafro, masters Reserve, Olympic, Agropur Import Collection, Northumberland, Agropur Grand Cheddar, Agropur Signature, Dairytown, biPro, Scotsburn.
Products: Cheeses, butter, milk, specialty milk, yogurt, cream, ice cream, dairy ingredients (including permeate, whey and skim milk powder).
Plants (39): Including Idaho: Jerome (Cheddar, mozzarella, provolone, hard Italian cheeses, shredded cheeses, WPI, WPC, DPW, SDW); Iowa: Hull (cheese and ingredients); Michigan: Grand Rapids; Minnesota: LeSueur (1-Cheddar, hard Italian cheeses, lactose, WPI, WPC, lactose; 2-custom processing), Nicollet, Maplewood; South Dakota: Lake Norden (1-mozzarella, provolone, hard Italian cheeses, lactose, WPC, 2-custom processing); Wisconsin: La Crosse (Main Street Ingredients, cheese and ingredients); Little Chute (cheese and ingredients); Luxemburg (cheese and ingredients); Weyauwega (cheese and ingredients).
Canada: Alberta: Edmonton (2 plants), Lethbridge (cheese and ingredients); British Columbia: Burnaby, Delta (Ultima Foods Inc. joint venture, Olympic Dairy), Victoria; Manitoba: Winnipeg; New Brunswick: Miramichi (milk), Sussex; New Foundland & Labrador: St-John’s; Nova Scotia: Bedford, Truro (2 plants); Ontario: Ottawa, Toronto, Woodstock (cheese and ingredients); Quebec: Amqui, Beauceville (cheese and ingredients), Granby (cheese and ingredients), Granby (Ultima Foods Inc. joint venture), Lachute, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (cheese and ingredients), Oka (fine cheese division), Plessisville (cheese and ingredients), Quebec City, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe (fine cheese division), Saint-Laurent.
8. Dairy Farmers of America Inc.
Kansas City, MO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Rick Smith, President/CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $4,173.0 (2016) | $3,882.0 (2015)
Dairy Brands: Borden Cheese & Borden Butter (used under license ), Breakstone’s Butter (used under license), Cache Valley Cheese, Cache Valley Butter, California Gold, Cass-Clay Creamery, Dairy Maid Dairy, Falfurrias, Guida’s Milk, Hotel Bar, Keller’s Creamery, Kemps, La Vaquita, Oakhurst Dairy, Plugra, Sport Shake.
Products: Fluid milk, chocolate milk, condensed milk, sweetened condensed milk, cream, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, butter, cheese (American-style, Gouda, hard Italian, artisanal Hispanic, longhorn Cheddar, Monterey jack, pepper jack and specialty cheese), ice cream, sherbets, sorbets, ingredients, juice, fruit punch.
Plants (41): California: Hughson (butter, condensed milk, cream, NDM), Turlock (Italian-style cheese, liquid whey), Ventura (dairy-based coffee beverages); Colorado: Fort Morgan (condensed milk, cream, NDM); Connecticut: New Britain (cream, ice cream mixes, milk, fruit drinks, fruit juices, water); Indiana: Goshen (condensed milk, cream, NDM); Iowa: Allerton (nutritional and functional milk protein ingredients); Kansas: Garden City (whole milk powder, skim milk powder, NDM and cream); Maine: Portland (butter, buttermilk, cottage cheese, cream, flavored milk, fluid milk, fruit juice, sour cream and tea); Maryland: Frederick (milk, fruit drinks, juice); Michigan: Adrian (condensed milk, cream, NDM), Cass City (cream, condensed whole and skim milk); Minnesota: Winthrop (anhydrous milkfat, butterfat blends, sweetened condensed milk), Zumbrota (American-style cheese, hard Italian, cream, fluid whey, and dairy powders), Rochester 2 (fluid milk, ice cream, light ice cream, sherbets, yogurt-based drinks), Dalbo (hard Italian cheese), Farmington (cottage cheese, dips, smoothies, sour cream), Minneapolis (fluid milk, other beverages); Missouri: Springfield (dairy-based coffee beverages), Cabool (adult nutritional beverages, dairy-based coffee beverages, energy protein beverages, Sport Shake) , El Dorado Springs (specialty dairy powders); Nevada: Fallon (whole and skim milk powder); New Mexico: Portales (condensed skim, cream, milk permeate powder, milk protein concentrate, NDM and skim milk powder); New York: Pavilion (cream and skim); North Dakota: Fargo (butter, cottage cheese, cream, dips, fluid milk, ice cream, sour cream, yogurt and juice); Pennsylvania: Middlebury Center (condensed milk, cream, cream powder, malted milk powder, NDM, skim milk powder, whole milk powder), Reading (cream, condensed milk, malted milk powder, NDM, skim milk powder, whole milk powder), Mechanicsburg (dairy-based coffee beverages), West Middlesex (industrial shredded cheese, process cheese), New Wilmington (dry whey, Italian-style cheese), Hummelstown (dairy concentrates); South Dakota: Pollock (hard Italian cheese); Texas: Winnsboro (anhydrous milkfat, butter, buttermilk powder, NDM, sweet cream), Schulenburg (dairy dips and salsa), Houston (artisanal Hispanic cheeses and creams); Utah: Beaver (condensed milk, cream, longhorn Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack); Wisconsin: Bruce (cheese and dairy powders), Chili (hard Italian cheese), Cedarburg (fluid milk, orange juice). Cheese and ingredient-related joint ventures: New Mexico: Clovis, Southwest Cheese, a cheese operation with Glanbia plc & the cooperative members of the Greater Southwest Agency: DFA, Select Milk Producers (40- & 640-lb. block Cheddar, Colby, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Muenster, Asadero, Queso, Quesadilla, Colby Jack); New York: Linwood, Craigs Station Creamery, a JV with Craigs Station Ventures; Pavilion, a JV with Arla Foods (Cheddar).
9. Lactalis American Group
New York, NY
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Frederick Bouisset, President & CEO
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Lactalils Group, Laval, France
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,864.9 (2016) | $3,810.0 (2015) Revenues for the entire Americas group`, converted from euros.
Dairy Brands: Astro, Beatrice, Black Diamond, Galbani, Lactantia, Precious, President, Sorrento.
Products: Milk, buttermilk, cream, ice cream mix, sour cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, butter, French cheeses, Italian cheese, dairy ingredients, soy beverages.
Plants (21): USA: California: Turlock (cheese, cultured dairy products); Idaho, Nampa (mozzarella, snacks); New York: Buffalo (mozzarella, provolone, ricotta); Wisconsin: Belmont, Merrill (cheese spreads). Canada: Alberta: Calgary (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, buttermilk); Lethbridge (yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese); Manitoba: Grunthal (cheese); St. Claude (butter, milk powders, evaporated products); Winnipeg (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes); Ontario: Belleville (cheese); Brampton (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, soy beverages, lactose reduced products, eggnog), Mitchell (butter, cream cheese, evaporated products, SWC); Niagara on the Lake (yogurt, sour cream, yogurt drinks); Sudbury (milk cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, buttermilk); Thunder Bay (milk, cream); Rakely (yogurt, sour cream); Winchester (butter, cheese, whey powder and liquids, skim powder and liquids, buttermilk powders, margarine cups); Quebec: Laverlochere (butter, evaporated products, milk powders); Montreal (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, buttermilk, eggnog); St. Hyacinthe (milk, cream); Victoriaville (butter, cheese, evaporated products, milk powders, margarine, special ingredient powders)
10. Land O'Lakes Inc.
Arden Hills, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Chris Policinski, President/CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,800.0 (2016) | $4,000.0 (2015) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Land O’Lakes, Kozy Shack, Alpine Lace, Sauté Express Seasoned Meal Starter .
Products: Cheese, butter, yogurt, ingredients, pudding.
Plants (8): California: Orland (cheese), Tulare (cheese, butter, cultured); Minnesota: Melrose-JV DFA (cheese), Pine Island (dried cheese/seasonings); Ohio: Kent (spreads); Pennsylvania: Carlisle (butter); Wisconsin: Kiel (cheese), Spencer (processed cheese)
11. Kroger Co. The
Cincinnati, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Erin Sharp, Group VP Manufacturing
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 1/28
Sales (in millions): $3,430.0* (2016) | $3,087.1* (2015) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Kroger, Private Selection, Turkey Hill, Simple Truth, regional banner brands.
Products: Milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, sour cream, dips, organic milk, juices, drinks, water, ice cream, novelties, tea, whipping cream, process cheese, natural cheese.
Plants (20): Arizona: Tolleson (Tolleson Dairy); California: Compton (Compton Creamery), Riverside (Riverside Creamery); Colorado: Denver (Mountain View Dairy); Georgia: Atlanta (Centennial Farms Dairy); Indiana: Indianapolis (Crossroad Farms Dairy), Crawfordsville (Pace Dairy of Indiana); Kansas: Hutchinson (Jackson Dairy); Kentucky: Winchester (Winchester Dairy Farms); Michigan: Livonia (Michigan Dairy); Minnesota: Rochester (Pace Dairy); Ohio: Cincinnati (Springdale Ice Cream & Beverage), Newark (Tamarack Farms Dairy); Oregon: Portland (Swan Island Dairy); Pennsylvania: Conestoga (Turkey Hill Dairy); North Carolina: High Point (Hunter Farms) Tennessee: Murfreesboro (Heritage Farms Dairy); Texas: Fort Worth (Vandervoort’s Dairy); Utah: Layton (Layton Dairy); Virginia: Lynchburg (Westover Dairy).
12. Leprino Foods Co.
Denver, CO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: James Leprino, Chairman
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 10/31
Sales (in millions): $3,000.0* (2016) | $3,000.0* (2015)
Dairy Brands: Proprietary brands; Ascent Protein.
Products: Mozzarella, reduced-fat Monterey jack, provolone, reduced-fat Cheddar, cheese blends, whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate, sweet whey, and lactose.
Plants (9): California: Lemoore, 2 (mozzarella, WPC-34, regular & instantized WPC-8, lactose); Tracy, (mozzarella, WPC-34, lactose); Colorado: Fort Morgan, (mozzarella, string cheese, WPC-80, lactose); Greeley, (mozzarella, WPC-80, WPI, lactose, NDM); Michigan: Allendale (mozzarella, sweet whey), Remus (string cheese); New Mexico: Roswell (mozzarella, WPC-34, lactose); New York: Waverly (mozzarella, sweet whey). Joint venture manufacturing locations with Glanbia plc in Llangefni, Wales (mozzarella, condensed whey) and Magheralin, Northern Ireland (mozzarella, WPC, permeate) and with Lactojara Industria e Comercio de Laticinios LTDA in Tapejara, Parana, Brazil (mozzarella, butter, condensed whey).
13. Great Lakes Cheese Co.
Hiram, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Dan Zagzebski, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,000.0 (2016) | $2,800.0 (2015)
Dairy Brands: Great Lakes, Adams Reserve, Rico Mia, American Accent, Thoughtful Organics.
Products: Cheese, processed cheese, whey products.
Plants (9): New York: Adams (Cheddar, Monterey Jack, WPC, WPI, other whey products), Cuba-Empire Cheese (mozzarella, provolone, whey products); Ohio: Hiram (cut/wrap); Utah: Filmore (cut/wrap); Wisconsin: LaCrosse (processed cheese), Plymouth (cut/wrap), Seymour (blue cheese), Wausau (cut/wrap); Tennessee: Manchester (cut/wrap).
14. California Dairies Inc.
Visalia, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Andrei Mikhalevsky, President/CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,980.0 (2016) | $3,183.0 (2015)
Dairy Brands: California Dairies, Challenge Dairy Products, Danish Creamery.
Products: Butter, ingredients, powdered milk, AMF, cream cheese, UF products, cream and condensed.
Plants (6): California: Artesia (standardized milk, cream, condensed, powder); Fresno (butter, powder, cream, condensed); Los Banos (powder, cream cheese, cream, condensed, UF products); Tipton (butter, powder, cream, condensed); Turlock (butter, powder); Visalia (butter, AMF, powder, cream, condensed).
15. Prairie Farms Dairy
Carlinville, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Edward L. Mullins, CEO/Executive VP
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $2,900.0 (2016) | $2,800.0 (2015)
Dairy Brands: Prairie Farms Dairy, Hiland Dairy, Turner Dairy, Belfonte, North Star, Swiss Valley Farms, Mindoro Blue, Mindoro Gorg, AmaBlu, AmaGorg, St. Pete’s Select, Fini, St. Mary’s, Verdant, Jeffs’ Select, Blues & Brews.
Products: Milk, eggnog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, butter, ice cream, novelties, sherbets, sorbets, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, coffee beverages and creamers, Cheese (Swiss, Maasdam, baby Swiss, grass-fed baby Swiss, blue, Gorgonzola, cream cheese, Neufchatel, Gouda, grass-fed Gouda, cold-blended club cheeses, process cheeses, enzyme-modified cheeses), cheese analogs, ingredients.
Plants (35): Illinois: Carlinville (milk, fruit drinks); Carbondale (cultured); Decatur (frozen dessert, ice cream); Granite City (milk, cream products, ice cream mix, iced coffee); O’Fallon (ice cream, ice cream mix); Olney (milk); Peoria (milk); Quincy (cultured); Springfield (ice cream mix); Indiana: Anderson (milk, juice/drinks, teas, ice cream mix); Ft. Wayne (milk, cultured, ice cream mix, drinks); Holland (milk, juice/drinks); Lafayette (novelties); Iowa: Dubuque (milk, juice/drinks); Kentucky: Somerset (milk, juice/drinks); Michigan: Battle Creek (milk, juice/drinks); Mississippi: Kosciusko (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix); Missouri: Jefferson City (milk, juice/drinks, cultured, ice cream, ice cream mix); St. Louis (novelties); Ohio: Dayton (creamers).
Cheese Division: Plants (6). Iowa, Luana (Swiss cheese, Maasdam, cream cheese, Neufchatel, Gouda, whey); Minnesota: Rochester and Spring Valley, Rochester Cheese subsidiary (cold-blended club cheese, process cheeses, enzyme-modified cheese, cheese analogs); Faribault, Caves of Faribault subsidiary (blue cheese, Gorgonzola cheese, cave-aging of Cheddar and Gouda); Wisconsin: Mindoro (blue cheese, Gorgonzola cheese), Shullsburg, (baby Swiss, grass-fed baby Swiss, grass-fed Gouda,Swiss varieties)
Joint Venture Facilities -- Hiland Dairy Foods (DFA): Kansas: Kansas City (ice cream, cultured); Springfield (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mixes); Arkansas: Fayetteville (milk, juice); Ft. Smith (milk, fruit drink/juice); Kansas: Wichita (milk, cultured, fruit drink, ice cream mix); Oklahoma: Chandler (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix, cultured); Norman, (milk, fruit drink). Hiland Dairy: Missouri: Kansas City (milk, juice/drinks); Nebraska: Norfolk (ice cream), Omaha (milk, sour cream, ice cream mix, fruit juice/drink); Turner Dairy (Prairie Farms/Hiland): Arkansas: Little Rock (milk, juice/drinks); Kentucky: Fulton (milk, fruit drink/juice); Tennessee: Memphis (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix); Muller Pinehurst (Midwest Dairymen’s Co-op): Illinois: Rockford (milk, drinks, ice cream, ice cream mix); Madison Farms (Land O’Lakes): Missouri: St. Louis (butter oil).
16. Lala Group
Mexico City, Mexico
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Scot Rank, CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,751.1 (2016) | $2,919.3 (2015) Converted from Mexican pesos. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Lala, Nutri Leche
Products: Milk, functional dairy products
Plants (22): Mexico, Central America, United States.
17. Conagra Brands
Chicago, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Tom McGough, President, Operating Segments
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 5/28
Sales (in millions): $2,652.7 (2016) | $828.7* (2015) Sales for the Refrigerated & Frozen segment only. 2015 sales are restated from last report. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Reddi-wip, Blue Bonnet, Fleischmann’s, Parkay, Snack Pack, Marie Callender's, Swiss Miss, Healthy Choice.
Products: Whipped topping, margarine and spreads, pudding, dry cocoa.
Plants (3): Indiana: Indianapolis (table spreads and whipped topping); Iowa: Waterloo (pudding); Wisconsin; Menomonie (pudding and dry cocoa).
18. Borden Dairy Co.
Dallas, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Stephen Gorman, President and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,652.0* (2016) | $2,000.0* (2015)
Dairy Brands: Borden.
Products: Milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, dips, sour cream, frozen dessert mixes, juices, drinks, ice cream, tea.
Plants (15): Alabama: Cowarts (milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk), Georgia: Decatur (frozen dessert mixes); Florida: Miami (milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk), Winter Haven (milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk); Kentucky: London (milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk), Louisiana: Lafayette (milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk); Mississippi: Hattiesburg (milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk); Ohio: Cleveland (milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk), Cincinnati (milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk); South Carolina: Charleston (milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk); Texas: Austin (milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk), Conroe (milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk), Dallas (milk, cream, egg nog, buttermilk).
19. Michael Foods Group
Minnetonka, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: James E. Dwyer Jr., CEO, Michael Foods Group
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Post Holdings
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $2,184.7 (2016) | $2,305.7 (2015) Revenues for Michael Foods Group only, which includes eggs and other nondairy foods. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Crystal Farms, Crescent Valley, Westfield Farms, David's Deli.
Products: Cheese, butter.
Plants (1): Wisconsin: Lake Mills (cheese packaging).
20. Hilmar Cheese Co.
Hilmar, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: David Ahlem, President/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,112.0* (2016) | $2,100.0 (2015)
Dairy Brands: None.
Products: Natural-style cheeses (Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Colby and Colby Jack), WPC, WPI, WPH, lactose, skim milk powder, nonfat dry milk.
Plants (3): California: Hilmar (40-pound and 640-pound block natural American-style cheeses, Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Colby and Colby Jack, WPC, WPI, WPH; lactose), Turlock (skim milk powder, nonfat dry milk; Texas: Dalhart (40-pound and 640-pound block natural cheeses, Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Colby and Colby Jack; WPC, WPI).
21. Darigold Inc.
Seattle, WA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Stan Ryan, President/CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 3/31
Sales (in millions): $2,100.0 (2016) | $2,100.0 (2015)
Dairy Brands: Brands: Darigold
Products: Fluid milk, egg nog, buttermilk, whipping and heavy cream, sports recovery drinks, real dairy creamer, cottage cheese, sour cream, butter, Cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, dairy ingredients, condensed products, bulk cream, bulk butter, bulk cheese.
Plants (11): Idaho: Boise (fluid milk, ultra-pasteurized fluid products, cultured products); Caldwell (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, milk protein concentrate, bulk cream, butter, buttermilk powder); Jerome (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, milk protein concentrate, ultra-filtered milk products, bulk cream, condensed products); Washington: Issaquah (cultured products, butter); Seattle (fluid milk); Spokane (fluid milk, sour cream); Chehalis (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder, other dry dairy ingredients, bulk cream, whey, whey protein concentrate, buttermilk powder); Lynden (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, other dry dairy ingredients, bulk cream); Sunnyside (cheese, dry whey, whey protein concentrate, low spore skim milk powder); Oregon: Portland (ultra-pasteurized fluid products); Montana: Bozeman (fluid milk).
22. HP Hood LLC
Lynnfield, MA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: John A. Kaneb, President/Chairman/CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,000.0 (2016) | $2,000.0 (2015)
Dairy Brands: Axelrod, Booth Bros., Brigham’s Ice Cream, Calorie Countdown, Crowley Foods, Green’s, Hagan, Heluva Good!, Hood, Maggio, Penn Maid, Simply Smart Milk. Licensed Brands: Lactaid Dairy Products, Baileys Coffee Creamers, Blue Diamond Almond Breeze, Fiber One Cottage Cheese.
Products: Fluid milk, eggnog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, ice cream, sherbets, sorbets, novelties, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, other nondairy beverages.
Plants (12): California: Sacramento (aseptic and UHT fluid products); Connecticut: Suffield (ice cream, novelties, frozen desserts); Maine: Portland (milk); Massachusetts: Agawam (milk, juices, drinks); New Hampshire: Concord (fluid); New York: Arkport (cultured), LaFargeville (cultured), Oneida (UHT fluid products), Vernon (cultured); Pennsylvania: Philadelphia (UHT products); Virginia: Winchester (aseptic and UHT fluid products); Vermont: Barre (milk).
23. Glanbia Nutritionals
Twin Falls, ID
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Steve Lovejoy, COO
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Glanbia PLC, Kilkenny, Ireland
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,844.5 (2016) | $2,143.2 (2015) USA sales, converted from euros. 2016 U.S. cheese sales were $782.9 million. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: None.
Products: Cheese (barrels and blocks), conventional and organic cheeses including Cheddar, Colby, Colby Jack, pepper Jack, Monterey Jack, Muenster, Asadero, queso quesadilla, , whey products.
Plants (5): Idaho: Blackfoot (cheese), Gooding (cheese/whey products), Richfield (whey), Twin Falls (cheese); New Mexico: Clovis (cheese/whey products), a Southwest Cheese joint venture
24. Grassland Dairy Products Inc.
Greenwood, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Trevor Wuethrich, President
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,744.0* (2016) | $1,425.0* (2015)
Dairy Brands: Grassland, Wüthrich, Country Cream, Cloverdale, Nutrose, NutraPro, Golden Goodness, Mountain Lake, Mountain View.
Products: Butter (European-style, grass-fed), butter oil, butter blends, anhydrous milkfat, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, milk permeate, milk protein concentrate (56, 70, 85), milk protein isolate (90), condensed skim milk, ultrafilted milk.
Plants (5): Nebraska: West Point (butter, cream, condensed sweet buttermilk, buttermilk powder, condensed skim milk, NFDM); Utah: Hyrum (butter, cream, condensed sweet buttermilk, buttermilk powder, condensed skim milk,); Wisconsin: Greenwood-2 (1-butter, butter oil, AMF, butter blends, condensed skim milk, NFDM, condensed sweet buttermilk, buttermilk powder, cream; 2-milk, UF milk, MPC, whey, WPC, barrel cheeses MPI, Milk Permeate, MsPI), Zachow (butter, cream, condensed buttermilk, buttermilk powder).
25. Publix Super Markets
Lakeland, FL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jeff Stephens, VP Manufacturing
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,700.0* (2016) | $1,618.1* (2015) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Publix, MorningSong.
Products: Milk, ice cream, frozen yogurt, cultured, juice, water, carbonated soft drinks, other beverages.
Plants (3): Florida: Deerfield Beach (milk, juice, drinks, water, carbonated beverage, ice), Lakeland (milk, juice, drinks, water, ice cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, dips); Georgia: Dacula (fluid milk, juice, drinks, iced tea, water, ice cream).