The Pasco facility will be outfitted with two specialized milk dryers and two packaging lines for powdered milk products (or what the dairy industry calls “premium proteins”), two butter churns, two bulk butter packaging lines (for commercial and institutional customers), and five consumer butter packaging lines.

McKalip has decades of experience representing the interests of U.S. agriculture, having served in an array of leadership positions at USDA and the White House.

Unlike other marinated cheeses, CHEVOO is crafted using two infusion processes — the goat cheese is hand-blended with herbs and spices while the Extra Virgin Olive Oil blend is steeped for several weeks with crushed botanicals. 

As the Official Cheese of the Buffalo Bills, Galbani will be visible to fans inside Highmark Stadium at games this season. Pizzas inside Highmark Stadium will be made with Galbani mozzarella cheese, and Galbani cheeses will be integrated into stadium concession menus. 

Founded in 2010, High Road Craft Ice Cream produces frozen dessert products for retail and foodservice.

Rumiano Cheese Co., founded in 1919, introduced a climate impact program aimed at achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.

North American flavor producer FlavorSum, a Kalamazoo, Mich.-based North American flavor producer, announced that it has added Meridian Flavors, a U.S.-based flavor manufacturer specializing in natural, non-GMO and organic flavors to the FlavorSum platform.

During a NASCAR race on July 2 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., an incident occurred that resulted in Bilicki's car carrying Sargento branding through the race. This unexpected collision, without injury, prompted this partnership, bringing the Wisconsin-based company and racecar driver together.

The Alliance was founded in 2020 by Vanguard Renewables, Unilever, Starbucks, and Dairy Farmers of America and now has grown to include 14 U.S. food industry leaders.

Robert Rich is now senior chairman, and will support his wife as she leads the company.