Vietnam's Kinh Do Confectionery Co. has acquired the local Wall's ice cream business from Unilever for an undisclosed sum.

Michael Keown has joined the Dean Foods Co., as president, Dean Branded Products Group.

As seasonal ice cream business reached its peak in July, Oberweis Dairy, North Aurora, Ill., piloted a four-part television ad campaign on Chicago-area network and cable programs.

The Kroger Co. is launching its own brand of premium-quality natural and organic products.

As dairy processing facilities have become more automated, sanitation equipment has stayed right in step, or even lead the way.

McNeil Nutritionals, Fort Washington, a division of McNeil-PPC Inc., says its Splenda[r] No Calorie Sweetener has become the top-selling low/no-calorie sweetener in United States retail outlets just two and a half years after its introduction.

A taxpayer-funded program to help dairy farmers cope with slumping milk prices will likely cost billions of dollars more than expected, from an original cost of $1.3 billion to a new estimate of as much as $4 billion, a federal official said last month.

Leiby's Dairy, Tamqua, Pa., took first place in the New Jersey State Ice Cream Festival competition under the name brand category on July 26.

Lino Saputo, founder of the cheese empire that bares his name, is retiring and will hand the reins over to his son, Lino Jr.

Quality Chekd Dairies Inc. and All Star Dairy Assn. are the newest co-sponsors of Worldwide Food Expo '03.