Articles Tagged with ''dairy''

Diversified foods giant General Mills, Minneapolis, said it improved the health profile of products comprising 25 percent of its U.S. retail sales during fiscal 2010.

Dairy foods giant Dean Foods Company, Dallas, said it promoted Shaun Mara to chief financial officer effective Dec. 1, upon the resignation of Jack Callahan.

Palladium Equity Partners, LLC, New York City, said it sold Castro Cheese Company, Inc., to Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. ("DFA").

The Greeley (Colo.) Tribune reported that meat processing giant JBS USA, Greeley, hired Bill Rupp  as president of the beef division.

MegaMex Foods LLC, a Chino, Calif., joint venture between Hormel Foods Corporation and Herdez Del Fuerte, S.A. de C.V., said it completed buying all stock of Don Miguel.

General Mills plans to spend approximately $100 million and expand Yoplait yogurt operations in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

The St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press reported that France's Sodima dairy, owner of the Yoplait brand, notified General Mills that it intends in 2012 to terminate a license agreement that intends in 2012 to terminate a license agreement that has given General Mills exclusive U.S. sales rights since 1977.

The Houston Business Journal reported that Houston's Oak Farms Dairy will proceed with a $42 million expansion and renovation project.

New Zealand's Fonterra Co-operative Group said it hired Giovanna "Gigi" Vita as president of Fonterra North America.

Mozzarella cheese giant Leprino Foods Inc., Denver, expects by next fall to complete the first phase of a $270 million cheese processing facility in Greeley, Colo.