J. Mark HuffmanExports Going Nowhere USDA's Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) was all but invisible in the second half of 2003. USDA records show there was no activity in the
Supermarkets remain the dominant channel for milk, responsible for more than three-quarters of sales, according to a recent article in Supermarket News, but alternative formats are stealing share from the more traditional channels.
Chr. Hansen Inc., Milwaukee and Noveon Hilton Davis Inc., Cincinnati, have entered into a joint sales and marketing cooperation. This union of two leading color suppliers, each with U.S.-based manufacturing
Schreiber Foods is one of largest cheesemakers in the world, that consumers have never heard of, so it was quite the surprise to see Schreiber brand cheese cubes advertised at a special "cheap cheese" price in Chicago newspapers last month.
In what is being described as a surprisingly sudden shakeup, Kraft Foods, Northfield, Ill. has dispensed with its co-CEO formula, and cast off Betsy Holden, leaving Roger Deromedi at the helm.
A trial involving Maine's Oakhurst Dairy and Monsanto, a multinational biotechnology company, will stay in Massachusetts rather than move to Maine, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled.
There have been some changes in leadership at National Dairy, Dallas, and some in the industry are speculating that the nation's second largest full-line dairy company is in the process of selling a large portion of its holdings.