Sartori Co., Plymouth, Wis., has released its limited-edition Cognac BellaVitano cheese for the holiday season. A 20-pound wheel was put up for auction on eBay on Nov. 21, and another auction will begin Nov. 26. Each auction runs for 10 days, and the proceeds will be donated to local food banks.
Chobani, Norwich, N.Y.,announced on Nov. 16 that it is exporting its Greek yogurt to Australia and Canada. Earlier in the month, it announced plans to build a $100 million state-of-the-art, high-capacity production facility in Twin Falls, Idaho, on 200 acres of agricultural and industrial land. It has a plant in South Edmeston, N.Y.
Owners of convenience stores head to the NACS show every year to find foods, beverages, candies, tobacco products and other goods. This year, dairy processors showed off their wares among the Slim Jims, Monster energy drinks and prepared sandwiches at the 2011 NACS, staged by the Association for Convenience & Fuel Retailing, Alexandria, Va., Oct. 1-4 in Chicago.
Packaging of milk, yogurt and frozen desserts were honored in the 2011 Pentawards competition. Prize winners received trophies at a ceremony in New York in September.
The International Dairy Foods Association, Washington, D.C., named 144 dairy operations to receive IDFA Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards and Achievement Certificates this year. This is the eighth year that IDFA has sponsored the program, which highlights the outstanding worker-safety records of U.S. dairy companies.
Dairy Foods magazine and Koch Membrane Systems, Wilmington, Mass., have joined forces to deliver a free webinar for the dairy industry. The webinar, titled “Innovative Solutions to the Unique Problems of Dairy Processing” and held Nov. 29 at 2:00 p.m. ET, will be hosted by speaker Scott LaRoche, senior process engineer at Koch.
Dairy Forum 2012, which will take place Jan. 15-18, 2012 at La Quinta Resort and Club in La Quinta, Calif., will take a big picture look at the geopolitics of food thanks to influential thought leaders bringing a fresh perspective to the changes to food supply and demand.
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