Dairy

When the customer drives up to the new store they encounter what looks like a glass house: floor to ceiling glass walls on 3 sides rising vertically 14 feet for maximum visibility. Custom racking systems complement the store with prominent product exposure, including refrigerated dairy and produce display cases. …

HighJump customer Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Ltd. is Ontario’s largest dairy co-operative. Owned and operated by more than 1,200 farmers, it is a leading Ontario manufacturer and distributor of dairy products to retail, industrial and foodservice markets. …

Household brands ranging from Ivory soap to Kraft cheese singles have seen their packages downsized up to 20% over the last few years – even though shoppers are paying just as much, according to a new study by Consumer Reports. …

Wisconsin’s total cheese output was higher in November when compared to year ago levels, but fell slightly from the month earlier. The USDA reports that the state’s dairy plants produced 217.1 million pounds of cheese during the month–which was up fractionally from last year, but down 3.2 percent compared to October 2010. …

As concern mounts regarding obesity and increasing rates of obesity-related diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, the Dairy Research Institutecontinues to fund valuable research identifying how dairy foods and dairy ingredients can help consumers achieve healthier diets. …