Fashion icon Gucci Corp., shocked its own industry recently by naming an ice-cream executive CEO. Robert Polet, 48, will take over as chief executive on July 1. Polet, a Unilever

Snow Brand Milk Products Co. Ltd., still struggling to recover from a food poisoning scandal, reported its first annual profit in five years after extensive restructuring.

Two of the Northeast region's largest dairy cooperatives, Allied Federated Cooperatives, and Agri-Mark, have signed an agreement to work together to market their milk.

With considerable assistance from the dairy checkoff program, McDonald's appears to be done clowning around about milk.

Corn Products International, Inc. Westchester, Ill., and GTC Nutrition LLC, Golden Colo., have formed a strategic alliance to focus on specialty ingredients for the food, nutraceutical and animal feed industries.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to extend the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) for two more years.

Turner Dairy Farms is working with the Internal Revenue Service to deliver a message about Earned Income Tax Credits to low income families in Western Pennsylvania.

More than 2,000 cheesemakers and other visitors attended the 2004 International Cheese Technology Exposition last month in Madison, Wis.

Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms, Lansdale, Penn., donated 80 tickets to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to Philadelphia kids and their families who are facing significant challenges. The Circus

Jana's Classics, Portland, Ore., a provider of cookies, dough, and ice cream ingredients, will celebrate twenty years of business in August. Jana's Classics has grown from a $7,000 a year