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Home » Top 150 Frozen Food Processors Report - Dairy

Top 150 Frozen Food Processors Report - Dairy

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Rank Company Name HQs Top Executive 2014-15 Sales Fiscal Yr Ended Product No. of
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1 Nestlé USA(1) Glendale, CA Paul Grimwood, chairman, $100B** 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen yogurt & novelties 6
2 General Mills Inc Minneapolis, MN Kendall Powell, chairman, CEO $37.6B** (a) 5/30/2014 Ice cream, frozen novelties N.A.
3 Rich Products Corp. Buffalo, NY Bill Gisel, president, CEO $3B** 12/21/2014 Frozen desserts 34
4 The Schwan Food Co. Marshall, MN Dimitrios Smyrnios, CEO $3B** 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen novelties, frozen yogurt 12
5 ConAgra Foods Inc. Omaha, NE Sean Connolly, CEO $3.3B** 5/27/2014 Ice cream, frozen novelties, frozen yogurt 19
6 Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. Carlinville, IL Ed Mullins, CEO, executive vice president $2.7B** 9/30/2014 Ice cream, frozen novelties 36
7 The Kroger Co. Cincinnati, OH Michael Ellis, president, CEO $2.4B** 1/31/2015 Ice cream 18
8 The Dannon Co.(2) White Plains, NY Mariano Lozano, president, CEO $2B**(a) 12/31/2014 Frozen Yogurt 1
9 HP Hood LLC Lynnfield, MA John Kaneb, president, CEO $2B** 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen desserts 14
10 Unilever USA (3) Englewood Cliffs, NJ Kees Kruythoff, president, North America $1.8B* 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen novelties 6
11 Safeway, Dairy Division(4) Pleasonton, CA Jerry Tidwell, senior vice president $1.5B*(b) 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen novelties 3
12 Publix Super Markets Inc. Lakeland, FL William Crenshaw, CEO $1.5B* 12/27/2014 Frozen yogurt 2
13 Wells Enterprises Inc. Le Mars, IA Mike Wells, president, CEO $1B* 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen desserts, frozen novelties, frozen yogurt 2
14 H.E. Butt Grocery Co. San Antonio, TX Charles Butt, chairman, CEO $1.1M* 12/31/2014 Ice cream 2
15 J&J Snack Foods Corp. Pennsauken, NJ Gerald Shreiber, chairman, president, CEO $919.5M* 9/27/2014 Fruit bars, frozen beverages 2
16 Dean Foods Co. Dallas, TX Gregg Tanner, CEO $810M 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen novelties 9
17 Crystal Creamery Modesto, CA Frank Otis, president, CEO $540M* 12/31/2014 Ice cream 2
18 Blue Bell Creameries Brenham, TX Paul Kruse, president, CEO $354M* 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen novelties, frozen yogurt 4
19 Shamrock Farms Phoenix, AZ Kent McClelland, CEO $350M* 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen novelties 1
20 Mars Ice Cream(5) Burr Ridge, IL Vic Mehren, GM $302M* 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen novelties 1
21 Producers Dairy Foods Inc. Fresno, CA Richard Shehadey, president $250M* 12/31/2014 Ice cream 1
22 Fieldbrook Foods Inc. Dunkirk, NY Kenneth Johnson,president, CEO $194M* 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen novelties 3
23 United Dairy Inc. Martin's Ferry, OH Joseph Carson, president $194M* 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen novelties 1
24 Smith Dairy Products Co. Orrville, OH Nate Schmid, president $170M* 19/30/2014 Frozen Yogurt 1
25 Braum's Inc. Oklahoma City, OK Drew Braum, president, CEO $130M* 12/31/2014 Ice cream, frozen novelties 1

* Company declined to confirm
** Company wide
(1) Unit of Nestle S.A.
(2) Unit of Groupe Danone S.A.
(3) Unit of Unilever NV
(4) Unit of Safeway, Inc
(5) Unit of Mars, Inc.
(a) Could include refrigerated sales
(b) Reflects FY sales prior to being acquired by Cerberus Capital Management
Note: some figures may also contain fluid milk sales

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