Twin Cities Business reported that Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Kansas City, Mo., is in talks with HP Hood LLC, Lynnfield, Mass., to acquire Kemps LLC.
New York City-based cheese marketer Artisanal Brands, Inc. (AB) said it hired Tully & Holland, Wellesley, Mass., as a strategic advisor to seek acquisition opportunities.
I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream. Foodservice trends researcher Technomic Inc., Chicago, says a love affair with ice cream is perhaps just as American as apple pie.
Having previously sold its refrigerated milk and yogurt businesses, Wells' Dairy, Le Mars, Iowa, told area media that the company legally changed its corporate name to Wells Enterprises Inc.
Dairy and soy products giant Dean Foods Company, Dallas, said Joseph E. Scalzo, 52, president and chief operating officer, left the company February 25 for undisclosed reasons.
Just a few months after selling a western regional yogurt brand to General Mills, dairy giant Dean Foods, Dallas, agreed to sell its private label yogurt business and several plants.
Ricotta and mozzarella cheese processor Miceli Dairy Products expects by mid-2012 to complete the first phase of a $16 million to $20 million expansion to its Cleveland plant.
The Modesto (Calif.) Bee reported that Modesto-based Foster Farms agreed to buy two ice cream plants in Sacramento, Calif.; and Salem, Ore., from Matterhorn Group Inc.