Dallas-based Fairmont Food Group, which is operated by former Dean Foods veteran Bing Graffunder, has acquired G&G Foods of Santa Rosa, Calif., as it continues to build its portfolio of specialty cheesemakers.
Shares in CoolBrands International Inc. dropped to a 4 1/2-year low last month after the Canadian company took an $11.8-million quarterly net loss as costs rose while sales of its frozen desserts melted.
Half a dozen lawmakers, including New York Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles E. Schumer, have asked for an investigation of cheese trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which affects milk prices nationwide.
MEDFORD, Wis.-It's a warm afternoon in June and Mike Tomandl guides a pasture walk through the lush grassy fields of his family's farm while describing one of the attractions of grazing.
Smith Dairy Products Co., Orrville, Ohio, marked national ice cream month in July by taking a look back at some of its famously successful, and just plain infamous flavor ideas. Some were quite surprising, others...well, duh.
There's a new CEO at Kraft Foods again. Just 2½ years after Roger Deromedi was given full leadership control of the nation's largest food company, he has been replaced by Irene Rosenfeld, a former Kraft executive who most recently served as CEO of the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo Inc.
Sandwich chain Subway redefined the spokesperson with Jared, the real life everyman who lost weight by eating Subway's food. Well, meet Robin, the dairy industry's Jared.
Cold Stone Creamery has reportedly inked a deal with Target Corp. to open four test stores inside the discounter's stores starting this fall. Locations have not been determined.
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