2018 Dairy 100
Top 100 Dairy Companies
Dairy Foods’ 25th 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, North American operations
Arlington, VA (Nestlé USA)
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Paul Grimwood, CEO and chairman, Nestlé USA; Marcelo Melchior, president and CEO, Grupo Nestlé Mexico; Shelly Martin, president and CEO, Nestlé Canada
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Nestle, Vevey, Switzerland
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $14,079.0* (2017) | $12,095.0* (2016) Estimated sales in North America of ice cream, milk products, water and powdered/liquid beverages. Large jump from 2016 estimated revenue reflects addition of Nestlé Mexico and Nestlé Canada to Nestlé USA estimate. Plant listings include U.S. facilities only. Swiss francs converted into U.S. dollars using the 2017 average exchange rate from IRS. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Christie, Del Monte, Dreyer’s, Dreyer’s Slow Churned, Edy’s, Edy’s Slow Churned, Häagen-Dazs, Nesquik, Nestlé/ Nestlé Ice Cream, Nestlé Agüitas, Nestlé Dibs, Nestlé Dolcetto, Nestlé Drumstick, Nestlé Eskimo Pie, Nestlé La Lechera, Nestlé La Leche Clavel, Nestlé Pureza Vita, Nestlé Push-Up, Purina Frosty Paws, Outshine, Skinny Cow, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Coffee-mate, Coffee-mate natural bliss, Wonka and more.
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: 10+. California: Bakersfield (ice cream, sherbet, novelties, frozen desserts), Modesto (evaporated milk), 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. Saputo Inc.
Montreal, Québec
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Lino A. Saputo Jr., CEO and chairman
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 3/31
Sales (in millions): $8,268.6 (2017) | $7,112.0 (2016) Revenues reflect both U.S. and Canadian operations and were converted from Cdn$ using the 2017 average exchange rate from IRS. 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, Woolwich Dairy. Trademarks used under licence: Cracker Barrel, Scotsburn.
Products: Milk, cream, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, cheeses (including mozzarella, cheddar, ricotta, provolone, Parmesan, feta, havarti, Brie, Camembert, brick, colby, farmer, Muenster, Monterey Jack), goat cheese, fresh curd, processed cheeses, dairy ingredients (including whey powder, lactose, WPC).
Plants: 48. USA Cheese Division (15): California: South Gate, Tulare (3), Newman; South Dakota: Big Stone City; Wisconsin: Almena, Belmont, Green Bay, Fond du Lac, Lancaster, Lena, Reedsburg, Waupun, Black Creek. USA Dairy Foods Division (9): California: Gustine, Tulare; Texas: Sulphur Springs; Minnesota: White Bear Lake; Alabama: Decatur; Kentucky: Murray; Connecticut: Newington; Maryland: Frederick; New York: Friendship (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 (23). 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.
3. Dean Foods Co.
Dallas, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Ralph Scozzafava, CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $7,795.0 (2017) | $7,710.2 (2016) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Alta Dena, Arctic Splash, Barbers Dairy, Barbe’s, Berkeley Farms, Broughton, Brown Cow, Brown’s Dairy, Caribou (licensed brand), 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, Organic Valley (licensed joint venture), Over the Moon, Pet (licensed brand), Pog (licensed brand), Price’s, Purity, ReadyLeaf, Reiter, Robinson, Schepps, Stroh’s, Swiss Dairy, Swiss Premium, TruMoo, T.G. Lee, Turtle Tracks, Tuscan, Uncle Matt's Organic, Viva.
Products: Milk, cream, ice cream, cultured dairy products, creamers, juices, bottled water, teas.
Plants: 65. Alabama: Homewood (2); California: City of Industry (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: Le Mars; Kentucky: Louisville; Louisiana: Hammond; Massachusetts: Franklin, Lynne, 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 (2); Texas: Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Lubbock, McKinney, San Antonio; Utah: Salt Lake City, St. George; Wisconsin: Ashwaubenon.
4. Danone North America
White Plains, NY, and Broomfield, CO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Mariano Lozano, CEO
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Danone S.A., Paris, France
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $6,000.0 (2017) | $6,000.0 (2016) Name change from DanoneWave. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Activia, Danimals, Dannon, Dan-o-nino, Earthbound Farm, Horizon Organic, International Delight, Light & Fit, Oikos, Silk, So Delicious, Vega, Wallaby, YoCream, YoCrunch.
Products: Yogurt, Greek yogurt, drinkable yogurt, smoothies, frozen yogurt, coffee creamers, plant-based beverages, organic foods and beverages, nutritionals.
Plants: 14. California: American Canyon, City of Industry, San Juan Bautista; Connecticut: Naugatuck; 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).
5. Kraft Heinz Co., U.S. and Canada operations
Chicago, IL and Pittsburgh, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Sergio Nahuz, president, U.S. Refrigerated Business; Carlos Piani, president, Canada Zone
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $5,482.0 (2017) | $5,619.0 (2016) Sales are for cheese and dairy segment only. Total company sales were $26.2 billion. 2016 revenue reflects a company-corrected figure. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Athenos, Breakstone’s, Cracker Barrel, Knudsen, Kraft, Kraft Amooza, Kraft Cheese-Whiz, Kraft Natural Cheese, Kraft Singles, Kraft Velveeta, Philadelphia, P'tit Quebec, Polly-O, Singles, Touch of Philadelphia.
Products: Natural cheese, processed cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, cheese blends.
Plants: 11. California: Tulare; Illinois: Champaign; Minnesota: Albany; New Ulm; Missouri: Springfield; New York: Lowville, Walton; Wisconsin: Beaver Dam, Wausau; Canada: Ontario: Ingleside; Quebec: Mount Royal. Kraft Heinz Co. owns or leases 44 facilities in the United States and Canada.
6. Schreiber Foods Inc.
Green Bay, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael J. Haddad, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 10/1
Sales (in millions): $5,000.0 (2017) | $5,000.0 (2016)
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: 29. United States (15): Arizona: Tempe; California: Fullerton; Missouri: Carthage (2), Clinton, Monett, Mount Vernon; Pennsylvania: Shippensburg; Texas: Stephenville; Utah: Logan, Smithfield; Wisconsin: Green Bay, Richland Center (2), West Bend. International (14): Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany (2), India (3), Mexico, Portugal, Spain (3).
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): $4,601.8 (2017) | $4,486.8 (2016) Revenues converted from Cdn$ using the 2017 average exchange rate from IRS. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Agropur Grand Cheddar, Agropur Import Collection, Agropur Signature, Allegro, ANCO, BiPro, Central Dairies, Dairytown, Damafro, Farmers, Iceberg, iögo (joint venture with Ultima Foods), Island Farms, Lucerne, Masters Reserve, Natrel, Northumberland, Oka, Olympic, Québon, Schroeder, Scotsburn, Sealtest.
Products: Cheeses, butter, milk, specialty milk, yogurt, cream, ice cream, dairy ingredients (including permeate, whey, skim milk powder).
Plants: 39. United States: Idaho: Jerome (cheddar, mozzarella, provolone, hard Italian cheeses, shredded cheeses, WPI, WPC, deproteinized whey, sweet dairy whey); Iowa: Hull (cheese and ingredients); Michigan: Grand Rapids; Minnesota: Le Sueur-2 (1-cheddar, hard Italian cheeses, lactose, WPI, WPC, lactose; 2-custom processing), Nicollet, Maplewood; South Dakota: Lake Norden (2) (1-mozzarella, provolone, hard Italian cheeses, lactose, WPC; 2-custom processing); Wisconsin: La Crosse (Main Street Ingredients, cheese, ingredients); Little Chute (cheese, ingredients), Luxemburg (cheese, ingredients), Weyauwega (cheese, ingredients); Canada: Alberta: Edmonton (2) (ice cream, milk), Lethbridge (cheese, ingredients); British Columbia: Burnaby (milk, butter), Delta (Ultima Foods Inc. joint venture, Olympic Dairy, yogurt, sour cream, milk), Victoria (milk, ice cream); Manitoba: Winnipeg (milk); New Brunswick: Miramichi (milk), Sussex; New Foundland and Labrador: St. John’s (milk, cream, butter); Nova Scotia: Bedford (milk, specialty milk, UHT/EST products), Truro (2) (skim milk powder, ice cream); Ontario: Ottawa, Woodstock (cheese, ingredients); Quebec: Amqui (milk, sour cream, cheddar), Beauceville (cheese, butter, ingredients), Granby (2) (1-cheese, ingredients; 2-Ultima Foods Inc. joint venture, yogurt), Lachute (ice cream), Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (cheese, ingredients), Oka (fine cheese division), Plessisville (cheese, ingredients), Quebec City (milk), Saint-Damase (yogurt, cheese, ingredients), Saint-Hyacinthe (fine cheese division), Saint-Laurent.
8. Dairy Farmers of America Inc.
Kansas City, KS
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Rick Smith, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $4,082.8 (2017) | $4,486.8 (2016)
Dairy Brands: Borden (used under license for cheese and butter), Breakstone’s (used under license for butter), Cache Valley Creamery, California Gold, Cass-Clay Creamery, Cumberland Dairy, Dairy Maid Dairy, Falfurrias, Guida’s Milk, Hotel Bar, Keller’s Creamery, Kemps, La Vaquita, Oakhurst Dairy, Plugra, Sport Shake, private labels.
Products: 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, ice cream mixes, sherbet, sorbet, ingredients, juice, fruit punch.
Plants: 42. California: Hughson (butter, condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk), Turlock (Italian-style cheese, liquid whey), Ventura (dairy-based coffee beverages); Colorado: Fort Morgan (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk); Connecticut: New Britain (cream, ice cream mixes, milk, fruit drinks, fruit juices, water); Indiana: Goshen (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk); Iowa: Allerton (nutritional and functional milk protein ingredients); Kansas: Garden City (whole milk powder, skim milk powder, nonfat dry milk, cream); Maine: Portland (butter, buttermilk, cottage cheese, cream, flavored milk, fluid milk, fruit juice, sour cream, tea); Maryland: Frederick (milk, fruit drinks, juice); Michigan: Adrian (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk), Cass City (cream, condensed whole and skim milk); Minnesota: Winthrop (anhydrous milkfat, butterfat blends, sweetened condensed milk), Zumbrota (American-style cheese, hard Italian cheese, cream, fluid whey, dairy powders), Rochester (2) (fluid milk, ice cream, light ice cream, sherbet, 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 powders); New Jersey: Bridgeton (milk, cream, ice cream mixes); New Mexico: Portales (condensed skim, cream, milk permeate powder, milk protein concentrate, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder); New York: Pavilion (cream, skim); North Dakota: Fargo (butter, cottage cheese, cream, dips, milk, ice cream, sour cream, yogurt, juice); Pennsylvania: Middlebury Center (condensed milk, cream, cream powder, malted milk powder, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder), Reading (cream, condensed milk, malted milk powder, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder), Mechanicsburg (dairy-based coffee beverages), West Middlesex (industrial shredded cheese, processed cheese), New Wilmington (dry whey, Italian-style cheese), Hummelstown (dairy concentrates); South Dakota: Pollock (hard Italian cheese); Texas: Winnsboro (anhydrous milkfat, butter, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, sweet cream), Schulenburg (dairy dips, salsa), Houston (artisanal Hispanic cheeses, creams); Utah: Beaver (condensed milk, cream, longhorn cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper jack); Wisconsin: Bruce (cheese, dairy powders), Chili (hard Italian cheese), Cedarburg (milk, orange juice). Cheese and ingredient-related joint ventures: New Mexico: Clovis, Southwest Cheese, a cheese operation with Glanbia plc and the cooperative members of the Greater Southwest Agency: DFA, Select Milk Producers (40- and 640-lb. block cheddar, colby, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, Muenster, asadero, queso, quesadilla, colby jack); New York: Linwood, Craigs Station Creamery, with Craigs Station Ventures; Pavilion, a cheese operation with Arla Foods (cheddar).
9. Land O'Lakes Inc.
Arden Hills, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Chris Policinski, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,900.0 (2017) | $3,800.0 (2016) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Alpine Lace, Land O’Lakes, Kozy Shack, Sauté Express Seasoned Meal Starter.
Products: Cheese, butter, yogurt, ingredients, pudding.
Plants: 8. California: Orland (cheese), Tulare (cheese, butter, cultured); Minnesota: Melrose-joint venture DFA (cheese), Pine Island (dried cheese/seasonings); Ohio: Kent (spreads); Pennsylvania: Carlisle (butter); Wisconsin: Kiel (cheese), Spencer (processed cheese).
10. The Kroger Co.
Cincinnati, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Erin Sharp, group vice president, manufacturing
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 2/3
Sales (in millions): $3,581.0* (2017) | $3,430.0* (2016) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Kroger, Private Selection, Simple Truth, Turkey Hill, 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).
11. California Dairies Inc.
Visalia, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Andrei Mikhalevsky, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,201.9 (2017) | $2,980.0 (2016)
Dairy Brands: California Dairies, Challenge Dairy Products, Danish Creamery.
Products: Butter, ingredients, milk powders, anhydrous milk fat, UF products, nutritional powders, cream, condensed milk.
Plants: 5. California: Artesia (standardized milk, cream, condensed milk, milk powders), Fresno (butter, milk powders, cream, condensed milk), Tipton (butter, milk powders, cream, condensed milk), Turlock (butter, milk powders), Visalia (butter, anhydrous milk fat, milk powders, cream, condensed milk).
12. Great Lakes Cheese Co.
Hiram, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Dan Zagzebski, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,100.0 (2017) | $3,000.0 (2016)
Dairy Brands: Adams Reserve, American Accent, Great Lakes, Rico Mia, 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: La Crosse (processed cheese), Plymouth (cut/wrap), Seymour (blue cheese), Wausau (cut/wrap); Tennessee: Manchester (cut/wrap).
13. Lala Group
Mexico City, Mexico
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Scot Rank Crawford, CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,058.8 (2017) | $2,751.1 (2016) Converted from pesos using 2017 average exchange rate from IRS. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Aquafrut, Art, Borden, Chambourcy, Fierelo, Frusion Charged, Lala, Lala Soy Vita, Leche Monarca, Los Volcanes, Nordica, Nutri Leche, Promised Land, Queen, Skim Plus, Yomi Lala.
Products: Milk, functional dairy products, yogurt, drinkable yogurt, crema, cottage cheese, Mexican cheeses, processed cheese, juices/beverages.
Plants: 21. Mexico, Central America, United States.
14. Leprino Foods Co.
Denver, CO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: James Leprino, chairman
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 10/31
Sales (in millions): $3,030.0* (2017) | $3,000.0* (2016)
Dairy Brands: Proprietary brands, Ascent.
Products: Mozzarella, reduced-fat Monterey Jack, provolone, reduced-fat cheddar, cheese blends, WPC, WPI, sweet whey, lactose.
Plants: 9. California: Lemoore, 2 (mozzarella, WPC-34, regular and instantized WPC-8, lactose), Tracy (mozzarella, WPC-34, lactose); Colorado: Fort Morgan, (mozzarella, string cheese, WPC-80, lactose), Greeley, (mozzarella, WPC-80, WPI, lactose, nonfat dry milk, micellar casein); 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).
15. Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.
Edwardsville, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Edward L. Mullins, CEO and executive vice president
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $3,000.0 (2017) | $2,900.0 (2016)
Dairy Brands: AmaBlu, AmaGorg, Belfonte, Blues & Brews, Fini, Hiland Dairy, Jeff's Select, Mindoro Blue, Mindoro Gorg, North Star, Prairie Farms Dairy, Swiss Valley Farms, St. Mary's, St. Pete's Select, Turner Dairy, Verdant.
Products: Milk, eggnog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, butter, ice cream, novelties, sherbet, sorbet, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, coffee beverages, creamers, cheese (Swiss, Maasdam, baby Swiss, grass-fed baby Swiss, blue, Gorgonzola, cream cheese, Neufchatel, Gouda, grass-fed Gouda, cold-blended club cheeses, processed cheeses, enzyme-modified cheeses), cheese analogs, ingredients.
Plants: 45. 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: 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): Missouri: Fordland (milk), Kansas City - Belfonte (ice cream, cultured), Kansas City (milk, juice/drinks), 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); Nebraska: Norfolk (ice cream), Omaha (milk, sour cream, ice cream mix, fruit juice/drink); Texas: Tyler (milk), Tyler (water, fruit drink), Tyler (cultured, ice cream). (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. Parmalat, North American operations
Buffalo, NY and Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Thierry Clement, president and CEO, Lactalis American Group; Louis Frenette, president and CEO of Parmalat Canada
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Parmalat Group, Collecchio, Italy
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,811.2 (2017) | $2,697.2 (2016) Includes Lactalis American Group and Parmalat Canada. Revenues converted from euros using 2017 average exchange rate from IRS. 2016 revenue reflects a correction from last year's listing (listed as Lactalis American Group). Annual Report
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. California: Turlock (cheese, cultured 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, sweet whey concentrate), 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).
17. Conagra Brands
Chicago, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Tom McGough, president, operating segments
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 5/27
Sales (in millions): $2,790.0* (2017) | $2,751.1* (2016) Sales for the Refrigerated & Frozen segment only. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Blue Bonnet, Fleischmann’s, Healthy Choice, Marie Callender's, Parkay, Reddi-wip, Snack Pack, Swiss Miss.
Products: Whipped topping, margarine and spreads, pudding, dry cocoa.
Plants: 3. Indiana: Indianapolis (table spreads, whipped topping); Iowa: Waterloo (pudding); Wisconsin; Menomonie (pudding, dry cocoa).
18. Hilmar Cheese Co.
Hilmar, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: David Ahlem, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,500.0* (2017) | $2,112.0* (2016)
Dairy Brands: None.
Products: Natural-style cheeses (cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, colby, colby jack), TruSmoke wood-smoked natural cheeses, WPC, WPI, WPH, lactose, skim milk powder, nonfat dry milk.
Plants: 3. California: Hilmar (40-lb. and 640-lb. 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-lb. and 640-lb. block natural cheeses, cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, colby and colby jack; WPC, WPI).
19. Darigold Inc.
Seattle, WA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Stan Ryan, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 3/31
Sales (in millions): $2,260.0 (2017) | $2130.0 ** (2016) 2016 revenue reflects a correction from last year's report. 3/31 ending for 2017 revenue is in 2018.
Dairy Brands: Darigold
Products: Milk, eggnog, 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 (milk, ultrapasteurized fluid products, cultured products), Caldwell (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, bulk cream, butter), Jerome (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, milk protein concentrate, ultra-filtered milk products, bulk cream, condensed products); Washington: Issaquah (cultured products, butter), Seattle (milk), Spokane (milk), Chehalis (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder, other dry dairy ingredients, bulk cream, whey, WPC, buttermilk powder), Lynden (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, other dry dairy ingredients, bulk cream), Sunnyside (cheese, dry whey, WPC, nonfat dry milk, low-spore skim milk powder); Oregon: Portland (ultrapasteurized fluid products); Montana: Bozeman (milk).
20. Michael Foods Group
Minnetonka, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Mark Westphal, president, Michael Foods Group
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Post Holdings Inc., St. Louis, MO
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $2,116.2 (2017) | $2,184.7 (2016) Revenues for Michael Foods Group only; include eggs and other nondairy foods. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Crystal Farms, Crescent Valley.
Products: Cheese, butter.
Plants: 1. Wisconsin: Lake Mills (cheese packaging).
21. HP Hood LLC
Lynnfield, MA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: John A. Kaneb, president, chairman and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,000.0 (2017) | $2,000.0 (2016)
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, Baileys (coffee creamers), Blue Diamond Almond Breeze.
Products: Milk, eggnog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, ice cream, sherbet, sorbet, novelties, juice, fruit punch, other nondairy beverages.
Plants: 13. 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), Batavia (UHT fluid products), LaFargeville (cultured), Oneida (UHT fluid products), Vernon (cultured); Pennsylvania: Philadelphia (UHT products); Virginia: Winchester (aseptic and UHT fluid products); Vermont: Barre (milk).
22. Glanbia Nutritionals
Twin Falls, ID
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jerry O'Dea, executive vice president and chief commerical officer
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Glanbia PLC, Kilkenny, Ireland
Fiscal Year End: 12/30
Sales (in millions): $1,867.6 (2017) | $1,844.5 (2016) USA sales, converted from euros using 2017 average exchange rate from IRS. 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. California: Corona (aseptic solutions); Idaho: Blackfoot (cheese), Gooding (cheese/whey products), Richfield (whey), Twin Falls (cheese); New Mexico: Clovis (cheese/whey products), a joint venture with Southwest Cheese
23. Unilever
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Amanda Sourry, president, North America
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Unilever, London and Rotterdam, Netherlands
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,756.0* (2017) | $1,670.0* (2016) Estimated revenues of Refreshment segment in the United States. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Popsicle, Klondike, Good Humor, Magnum, Fruttare, Talenti, Lipton, Pure Leaf.
Products: Ice cream, gelato, novelties, tea-based beverages.
Plants: 6. Georgia: Marietta (Talenti); Missouri: Sikeston 2 (Good Humor, Klondike, Popsicle, Breyers, Magnum); Nevada: Henderson (Good Humor, Klondike, Popsicle, Breyers, Ben & Jerry's); Tennessee: Covington (Good Humor, Fruttare, Klondike, Popsicle, Breyers); Vermont: St. Albans (Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Good Humor), Waterbury (Ben & Jerry's).
24. Publix Super Markets
Lakeland, FL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Mike Smith, senior vice president, industrial operations
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/30
Sales (in millions): $1,727.0* (2017) | $1,700.0* (2016) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Publix, GreenWise, MorningSong.
Products: Milk, ice cream, frozen yogurt, cultured products, juice, water, carbonated soft drinks, other beverages.
Plants: 3. Florida: Deerfield Beach, Lakeland; Georgia: Lawrenceville.
25. Associated Milk Producers Inc.
New Ulm, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Donn DeVelder, Sheryl Meshke, co-presidents/CEOs
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 11/30
Sales (in millions): $1,700.0 (2017) | $1,600.0 (2016) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Brands: AMPI, private label
Products: Cheese, processed cheese, butter, bulk fluid milk, whey, nonfat dry milk, lactose, WPC-34, WPC-80, buttermilk, permeate, ice cream mix.
Plants: 10. Iowa: Arlington (condensed skim milk, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, sweet cream), Sanborn (cheddar, colby, Monterey Jack, marble jack, condensed whey); Minnesota: New Ulm (butter, condensed buttermilk), Paynesville (cheddar, condensed whey, condensed WPC, WPC-34, WPC-80), Rochester (cheddar, colby, Monterey Jack, condensed WPC, lactose, ice cream mix); South Dakota: Freeman (low-heat nonfat dry milk, high-heat nonfat dry milk, super high-heat nonfat dry milk, sweet cream), Hoven (Parmesan, Asiago, Romano, condensed whey); Wisconsin: Blair (aged cheddar, mild cheddar, condensed whey, whey), Jim Falls (cheddar, colby, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, party jack, buttermilk, whey, condensed whey), Portage (processed cheese slices, processed cheese loaf, shredded natural cheese, natural cheese chunks).