Solar panels power two food processing plants in Pittsburg, Calif. Ramar Foods makes its Magnolia brand ice cream and novelties in one 17,000-square-foot facility.
A new MilkPEP campaign aims to help dairy processors drive sales across their entire portfolio of dairy products. It starts at breakfast with milk and other high-protein foods.
Moving from a grocer’s ethnic door to the ice cream door is where the company wants to be. But, as an executive notes, “It’s a lot more crowded in the ice cream door.”
Ramar Foods started out serving Asian groceries. Now, after repositioning its Magnolia ice cream brand, the California processor is picking up mainstream retailers. Yet the third-generation management stays true to its Filipino roots.