Dean Foods Getting #Milked by Antitrust Lawsuits

For the country’s biggest dairy processor Suiza Foods to acquire No. 2 rival Dean Foods (NYSE: DF ) in 2001 and not run afoul of antirust laws, the dairy processor agreed to sell some of its bottling plants to National Dairy Holdings, a newly formed competitor controlled by Dairy Farmers of America and former Suiza […]

#Dean Foods to close 10% to 15% of its plants

DALLAS — Following the spin-off of WhiteWave Foods and the sale of Morningstar Foods, Dean Foods is emerging as a much different company, one that is focused on leveraging its scale and driving greater efficiencies to gain more share of the branded and private label fluid milk market.

#TGD: Dean Foods sells dairy unit to #Saputo

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