Because our roots are planted deep in the natural and organic foods movement, WhiteWave Foods has always been dedicated to providing consumers with nutritious, innovative and responsibly produced foods. For us, this means not only producing products that consumers want and need – such as Silk, Horizon, International Delight, Fruit2Day and Land O Lakes products – but doing so in ways that are environmentally responsible.
What are your largest distribution, fleet operations, logistics and management challenges? Could it be scarcity of qualified drivers, internal competition for adequate capital investment dollars, regulatory compliance, finished-product storage capacity,
Sustainability has many strange bedfellows and eccentricities. Not too long ago, the buzz was all about creating a carbon footprint, and as folks pursued carbon footprinting, the question became “do I conduct it as a Scope 1, 2 or 3 assessment?”
Inspectors found deficiencies in plant design, pests in the processing area and failure by employees to wash hands at one cheese processing facility. How clean is your plant?
Successfully marketing dairy products to meet consumer wants and needs is not as cut-and-dry as it used to be. One big reason is that consumers’ attitudes about what they expect out of dairy products today, and the companies that sell those products, are changing.
Sustainability and sustainable packaging (SP) have not only survived the recession, but also have thrived. As a result, I think we can say this is not a fad but a legitimate trend.
Nestle bottles Nesquik and liquid coffee creamers in a state-of-the-art aseptic plant in Anderson , Ind. The facility is LEED-certified for its green features.