The people, products and processors making news this week, including Saputo, Organic Valley, Stonyfield, Pierre’s, enLiven, YoCrunch, DCI Cheese, Yasso and more.
The Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), Washington, D.C., announced the winners of the 2011 MilkPEP awards. Six category winners and an overall grand prize winner were honored for their commitment to increasing fluid milk sales, promoting the benefits of drinking milk and their use of MilkPEP programs and resources to help increase awareness and sales of their dairies’ branded milk products.
Welcome to Jim Carper's Dairy Case, a weekly round-up of news from dairy processors. In this issue: Straus Family Creamery, Foremost Farms, Yarnell's Ice Cream, Stremick's Heritage Foods, enLiven, Dean Foods, Saputo, Sartori, Baskin-Robbins and more.
Chobani, Norwich, N.Y.,announced on Nov. 16 that it is exporting its Greek yogurt to Australia and Canada. Earlier in the month, it announced plans to build a $100 million state-of-the-art, high-capacity production facility in Twin Falls, Idaho, on 200 acres of agricultural and industrial land. It has a plant in South Edmeston, N.Y.
Cost-saving ingredients help processors stay afloat during struggling economic times, while value-added ingredients, which increase production costs, create a point of differentiation in a competitive marketplace.
Faced with stagnant growth and
competition from non-dairy beverages,
processors try to boost sales with
flavored milk, new retail channels
and new processes.
Despite high energy costs, uncertain ingredient prices and a weak economy, processors continue to develop new ice cream and novelty products and flavors.
