DAIRY FIELD
TOP 100 LEADERS
[ Close window ]
| Rank | Company | Location | Chief Officer/ Title | Number of Plants |
| 1 | Dean Foods Company | Dallas, Texas | Gregg Engles, Chair./CEO | 92 |
| 2 | Kraft Foods North America Inc. | Northfield, Ill. | Betsy Holden, Pres./CEO | 18 |
| 3 | Land O’Lakes Inc. | Arden Hills, Minn. | John E. Gherty, Pres./CEO | 11 (without joint venture) |
| 4 | The Kroger Co. | Cincinnati, Ohio | Joseph Pichler, Chair./CEO | 20 |
| 5 | National Dairy Holdings LP | Dallas, Texas | C.O. Tex Beshears, Chair./CEO | 32 |
| 6 | Schreiber Foods Inc. | Green Bay, Wis. | Larry Ferguson, Pres./CEO | 11 |
| 7 | Dairy Farmers of America Inc. (DFA) | Kansas City, Mo. | Gary Hanman, Pres./CEO | 30 |
| 8 | Leprino Foods | Denver, Colo. | Wes Allen, President | 12 |
| 9 | Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. | Carlinville, Ill. | Roger Capps, CEO/Exec. VP | 17 (plus 14 joint venture) |
| 10 | Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Inc. | Oakland, Calif. | T. Gary Rogers, Chair./CEO | 5 |
| 11 | Unilever U.S. | New York, N.Y. | Eric Walsh, President, Yves Couette, CEO | 9 |
| 12 | Foremost Farms USA, Cooperative | Baraboo, Wis. | Dave Fuhrmann, President | 27 |
| 13 | WestFarm Foods | Seattle, Wash. | John Mueller, Pres./CEO | 11 (plus one joint venture) |
| 14 | Safeway Dairy Business Group | Pleasanton, Calif. | Lawrence Jackson, Sr. VP Supply Ops. | 11 U.S. / 6 Canadian |
| 15 | Associated Milk Producers Inc. | New Ulm, Minn. | Mark Furth, Gen. Manager | 14 |
| 16 | California Dairies Inc. | Artesia, Calif. | Gary Korsmeier, Pres./CEO | 5 |
| 17 | ConAgra Dairy Foods | Downers Grove, Ill. | Richard Scalise, Pres./COO | 8 |
| 18 | Sorrento Lactalis/Lactalis USA | Manhattan/Buffalo, N.Y. (Groupe Lactalis, Laval, France) | Paul Bensabat, Pres./CEO | 6 |
| 19 | Great Lakes Cheese Co. | Hiram, Ohio | Hans Epprecht, Chairman | 6 |
| 20 | Yoplait-Colombo USA | Minneapolis, Minn. (General Mills Inc.) | Ian Friendly, President | 3 |
| 21 | Saputo Cheese USA Inc. | Lincolnshire, Ill. (Saputo Inc., St. Leonard, Quebec, Canada) | Lino Saputo, Chair./CEO | 16 U.S. / 36 Canadian |
| 22 | H.P. Hood Inc. | Chelsea, Mass. (The Catamount Cos.) | John Kaneb, Pres./Chair./CEO | 7 |
| 23 | Superbrand Dairy Products | Jacksonville, Fla. (Winn-Dixie Stores Inc.) | Al Rowland, President | 6 |
| 24 | Wells’ Dairy Inc. | Le Mars, Iowa | Gary Wells, CEO | 5 |
| 25 | Agri-Mark Inc. | Lawrence, Mass. | P. Johnston, Pres./Gen. Manager | 4 |
| 26 | Parmalat USA | Wallington, N.J. (Parmalat SpA, Parma, Italy) | Marc Caira, President, Parmalat Dairy North America | 6 |
| 27 | Nestlé USA | Glendale, Calif. (Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Switzerland) | Joe Weller, Chair./CEO | 5 |
| 28 | Publix Super Markets | Lakeland, Fla. | William Crenshaw, President | 3 |
| 29 | The Dannon Company Inc. | Tarrytown, N.Y. (Groupe Danone, Paris) | Thomas Kunz, Pres./CEO | 3 |
| 30 | Hilmar Cheese Co. Inc. | Hilmar, Calif. | John Jeter, Pres./CEO | |
| 31 | Bongrain N.A. | Mahwah, N.J. | Tom Swartelé | 6 |
| 32 | Sargento Foods Inc. | Plymouth, Wis. | L. Gentine, Chair./CEO | 3 |
| 33 | Glanbia Foods Inc. | Twin Falls, Idaho (Glanbia plc, Kilkenny, Ireland) | Dave Thomas, President | 3 |
| 34 | Davisco Foods International Inc. | Le Sueur, Minn. | Mark Davis, Pres./CEO | 4 |
| 35 | H.E. Butt (HEB) | San Antonio, Texas | Bob McCullough, VP Manufacturing | 3 |
| 36 | Cool Brands Int’l Inc. | Markham, Ontario, Canada | David Stein, Pres./Co-chair. / Michael Serruya, Co-chair. | |
| 37 | Alto Dairy Cooperative | Waupun, Wis. | Larry Lemmenes, Pres./Gen. Manager | 2 |
| 38 | Super Store Industries | Stockton, Calif. | Dennis Winter, Pres./CEO | 2 |
| 39 | Milk Products LP | Dallas, Texas | Brian Haugh, President | 4 |
| 40 | Grassland Dairy Products Inc. | Greenwood, Wis. | Dallas Weuthrich, Pres./CEO | |
| 41 | Foster Farms Dairy | Modesto, Calif. | Ron Foster, President | 3 |
| 42 | W.H. Braum Inc. | Oklahoma City, Okla. | William Braum, President, Drew Braum, CEO | |
| 43 | Md. and Va. Milk Producers’ Co-op Assoc. | Reston, Va. | Jay Bryant, Gen. Manager/Treasurer | |
| 44 | Suprema Specialties Inc. | Paterson, N.J. | Mark Cocchiola, Pres./CEO | 4 |
| 45 | Blue Bell Creameries | Brenham, Texas | Howard Kruse, Pres./CEO | 4 |
| 46 | First District Association | Litchfield, Minn. | Clint Fall, President | 1 |
| 47 | Royal Ahold USA | Chantilly, Va. | Bob Tobin, Pres./CEO | 2 |
| 48 | Upstate Farms Cooperative Inc. | Buffalo, N.Y. | Robert Hall, CEO | 3 |
| 49 | Tillamook County Creamery Association | Tillamook, Ore. | Tim McMullen, Pres./CEO | 3 |
| 50 | Swiss Valley Farms Co. | Davenport, Iowa | Eugene Quast, CEO | 7 |
| 51 | Dairy Fresh Corp. | Greensboro, Ala. | Betty Gist, President | 5 |
| 52 | Friendly Ice Cream Corp. | Wilbraham, Mass. | John Cutter, Pres./COO | 1 |
| 53 | Carvel Corp. | Farmington, Conn. | Thane Pressman, CEO | 6 |
| 54 | Turner Holdings LLC | Covington, Tenn. | J. Turner/S. Turner, Co-CEOs | 5 |
| 55 | Bongards’ Creameries | Bongards, Minn. | Roger Engelmann, Gen. Manager | 1 |
| 56 | Shamrock Foods Co. | Phoenix, Ariz. | N. McClelland, Chair./CEO | 1 |
| 57 | Santee Dairies Inc. | City of Industry, Calif. (Stater Bros./Kroger) | Paul Bikowitz, President | 1 |
| 58 | Crystal Cream & Butter Co. | Sacramento, Calif. | Donald Hansen, President | 3 |
| 59 | United Dairy Farmers Inc. | Cincinnati, Ohio | A. Bradford Lindner, President | 2 |
| 60 | O-AT-KA Milk Prod. Co-op Inc. | Batavia, N.Y. | Mac McCampbell, COO | 1 |
| 61 | Michigan Milk Producers Association | Novi, Mich. | Walt Wosje, Gen. Manager | 2 |
| 62 | Kohler Mix Specialties Inc. | White Bear Lake, Minn. (Michael Foods Inc.) | J.D. Clarkson, President | |
| 63 | Raskas Foods Inc. | St. Louis, Mo. | Heschel Raskas, Presiden | 3 |
| 64 | Level Valley Creamery | West Bend, Wis. | Al Costigan, President/CEO | 2 |
| 65 | Johanna Foods Inc. | Flemington, N.J. | Robert Facchina, President | 1 |
| 66 | Masterfoods USA (Previously M&M/Mars) | Hackettstown, N.J. | Bill Simmons, Gen. Manager | 1 |
| 67 | Brewster Dairy Inc. | Brewster, Ohio | Fritz Leeman, CEO | 2 |
| 68 | Guida-Seibert Dairy Co. | New Britain, Conn. | Alexander Guida III, Pres./CEO | 1 |
| 69 | Anderson Erickson Dairy | Des Moines, Iowa | Jim Erickson, CEO | 1 |
| 70 | Instantwhip Foods Inc. | Columbus, Ohio | Douglas Smith, President | 11 |
| 71 | F & A Dairy Products Inc. | Las Cruces, N.M. | Jeffrey Torranova, President | 2 |
| 72 | Smith Dairy Products Co. | Orrville, Ohio | Steve Schmid, President | 2 |
| 73 | Bel/Kaukauna USA | Kaukauna, Wis. (Fromageries Bel Inc., Paris) | Robert Gilbert, President | 2 |
| 74 | United Dairy Inc. | Martin’s Ferry, Ohio | Joseph Carson, President | 2 |
| 75 | Wilcox Dairy Farms LLC | Roy, Wash. | Barrie Wilcox, James Wilcox Jr., Co-presidents | 3 |
| 76 | Melody Farms Inc. LLC | Livonia, Mich. | Rodney George, Pres./CEO | 2 |
| 77 | Producers Dairy Foods Inc. | Fresno, Calif. | Richard Shehadey, President | 1 |
| 78 | Milkco Inc. | Asheville, N.C. (Ingles Markets) | Charles Gaither, President | 1 |
| 79 | Yarnell Ice Cream Co. | Searcy, Ark. | Rogers Yarnell, Pres./CEO | 1 |
| 80 | Kozy Shack (Kitchen Fresh Inc.) | Hicksville, N.Y. | Charlie McCann, CEO | 2 |
| 81 | Gossner Foods | Logan, Utah | Dolores Gossner Wheeler, Pres./CEO | 3 |
| 82 | Berner Foods Inc. | Dakota, Ill. | Stephen Kneubuehl, Pres./CEO | 2 |
| 83 | Bareman Dairy Inc. | Holland, Mich. | Stanley Bareman, President | 1 |
| 84 | Hershey Creamery Co. | Harrisburg, Pa. | George Holder, President | 1 (and 1 dist. center) |
| 85 | Hunter Farms (Harris Teeter Inc.) | High Point, N.C. | Chester Marsh, Gen. Manager/VP | 1 |
| 86 | Fike’s Dairy Inc. (Protein Group Inc., Portland, Maine) | Uniontown, Pa. | Michael Knapik, Pres./Gen. Mgr. | 1 |
| 87 | Wawa Inc. Dairy Division | Wawa, Pa. | Tamara Fowler, Cat. Manager | 1 |
| 88 | Fieldbrook Foods Corp. | Dunkirk, N.Y. | Kenneth Johnson, COO | 1 |
| 89 | Plainview Milk Products Co-op | Plainview, Minn. | Dallas Moe, Gen. Manager | 1 |
| 90 | McCadam Cheese Co. Inc. | Heuvelton, N.Y. | (Valio Ltd., Helsinki, Finland) Brian Lee, Pres. | 2 |
| 91 | Supervalu Fluid Dairy | Richmond, Va. | Jan tenPas III, VP/Gen. Manager | 1 |
| 92 | Americana Foods | Salt Lake City, Utah | (TCBY Enterprises) Chris Prasiska, CEO | 1 |
| 93 | Dietrich’s Milk Products LLC | Reading, Pa. | Tom Dietrich, President | 2 |
| 94 | SouthWest Dairy | Tyler, Texas | (Brookshire Grocery Co.) Fred Calvert, Senior VP | 3 |
| 95 | Cass-Clay Creamery Inc. | Fargo, N.D. | Keith Pagel, President | 3 |
| 96 | The Milnot Co. | St. Louis, Mo. | Scott Meader, Pres./CEO | 1 |
| 97 | Oberweis Dairy Inc. | North Aurora, Ill. | Robert Renaut, Pres./COO | 1 |
| 98 | rondele Specialty Foods | Merrill, Wis. | Bob Constantino. Pres./CEO | 1 |
| 99 | Rhino Foods Inc. | Burlington, Vt. | Ted Castle, President | 1 |
| 100 | Velvet Ice Cream Co. | Utica, Ohio | Joseph Dager, President | 1 |