Santa Barbara Bay's New Tater Toppers Gives Personality To Potatoes

June 17, 2011 Future Food Brands, Ltd.

With nearly 80 percent of consumers buying a potato product on a regular basis, Santa Barbara Bay's new Tater Toppers provides a whole new potato experience, a one-stop shop for flavor that can be savored. The dairy-based potato toppings provide the perfect potato addition with eye-popping taste – from typical potato condiments like butter, sour cream, cheese, pepper, bacon bits, chives – and much more. With all these toppings in one 9 oz. container, there is nothing else like it!

Competitive Advantages Sour At Dean Foods

From our perspective, the competitive landscape within the milk aisle has changed considerably during the last several years. But more importantly, it now appears that the competitive advantages we once believed Dean Foods DF possessed (namely as a low-cost operator with significant scale in a highly fragmented industry) seem to have eroded away as a result of the structural shift in what is essentially a commodity market.

There's A New Milk In Florida's Dairy Case: Borden Begins Statewide Distribution

June 17, 2011 Borden Dairy Company

Borden Dairy Company, one of the most trusted brands in the dairy industry, announced today that it will bring its premium milk to dairy aisles in the Sunshine State. Florida-based Velda Farms has changed its name to Borden Dairy Company of Florida to help relaunch the brand and expand its distribution in Florida. Borden® milk will be available at more than 2,000 local retailers, such as Walmart, Kmart, Sedano's, Walgreens and 7-Eleven beginning June 20.

L.A. Unified Removes Flavored Milk From Menus

The Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday, with a 5-2 vote on a new dairy contract, became by far the largest district in the country to remove flavored milk from its menus, part of its effort to make school food healthier and help combat childhood obesity.

Earth Balance Launches New Plant-Based Products Nationwide At Whole Foods Market

June 16, 2011 Earth Balance

Earth Balance®, a line of deliciously all-natural buttery spreads, shortenings, nut butters and soymilk introduces its new Organic Coconut Spread and MindfulMayo™ Dressing and Sandwich Spread nationwide. The Organic Coconut Spread will be available exclusively at Whole Foods Market.