Dean Foods Company is a dairy manufacturer which distributes milk and other dairy products to all parts of the USA. It is also the leading supplier of milk beverages in Europe.
History
Dean Foods Company was founded in 1925 by Samuel E. Dean, Sr. in Illinois. He bought the Pecatonica Marketing Company, an evaporated milk processing company, and renamed it Dean Evaporated Milk Company in 1928. After that, the company grew by acquiring other dairy companies in Illinois.
In 1929, the company became Dean Milk Company. It went public in 1961 with 1,800 shareholders. In 1963, it was renamed as Dean Foods Company. Also, it moved its headquarters to Franklin Park, Illinois. Over the next few decades, the company expanded its business to most parts of America. In the 1980s, it was known as DF on the New York Stock Exchange.
In 2001, the company was acquired by Suiza Food Corporation, the leading dairy processing company at the time. Suiza Food Corporation became a leader by acquisition of many dairy companies over the years. After the acquisition, Suiza was renamed Dean Foods Company, and its symbol on the New York Stock Exchange was changed to DF. The headquarters of the company was in Dallas.
In 2002, the company bought White Wave, Inc. in Boulder, Colorado. At the time, it was famous for its Silk brand of soy milk. In 2004, the company bought another manufacturer of organic milk and milk products, Horizon Organic Holding Corporation. It also formed a division named White Wave Foods and started the production of Silk and organic milk products under that name. In 2005, the name of Dean Specialty Foods was changed to TreeHouse Foods, and this company manufactured dressings, pickles and dips. In 2009, Dean Foods Company bought Alpro, which was a leading soy based milk products manufacturer in Europe.
Stats
Company headquarters: McKinney Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, TX, USA.
Ownership: Public
Annual Revenue: $1.8 Billion
No of Employees: 25,780
Geography: USA and Europe
Demography: Young, Natural and Organic
Divisions
Fresh Dairy Direct – Morningstar
White Wave – Alpro
Brands
Alta Dena, Barber’s, Barbe’s, Broughton Foods, Berkeley Farms, Brown’s Dairy, Creamland, Dean’s, Country Fresh, Dairy Ease, Friendship Dairies, Horizon Organic, Gandy’s, International Delight, Garelick Farms, LAND O LAKES, Louis Trauth, McArthur Dairy, Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms, Mayfield Dairy, Meadow Brook Dairy, Meadow Gold, Hawaii, Meadow Gold, Organic Cow, Oak farms Dairy, Over the Moon, PET Dairy, Purity dairies, Price’s Creameries, Reiter Dairy, Skinny Cow Milk, Robinson Dairy, Silk Soy Milk, Schepps Dairy, Tuscan Dairy, Swiss Tea, T.G. Dairy, Hygeia, Borden, Jilbert
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Contact Information
I’ve been looking for IMO for several years here in Vancouver, Washington. Was the product discontinued? Can’t imagine why, it was great!
I am in Kuna Idaho. We have Albertson’s and Ridley’s there’s Walmarts in Boise & Meridian. Still looking for IMO. Where can I get some, please, please, please! !
where can I please find IMO? I live in Tacoma Washington and have looked in almost every store. PLEASE HELP
Hello.
I used Imo for over 30 years and when I went to buy some about six months ago, I was told by the dairy person at the store I bought Imo at that Imo was no longer being made. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I haven’t found any Imo in stores lately, although I’ve been looking. Nothing works like Imo in beef stroganoff when you’re allergic to butterfat. If I find any Imo here in Salt Lake City, I’ll post here again.
We have the same problem in the Eugene/Springfield area….we’ve looked for Imo for years w/o success. and it looks like we’re not the only one. It used to be carried by several stores and now, nothing. What’s up with that, Dean Food Company? How ’bout an answer, please?
Agree! I am on the West Coast in Portland, Oregon and have been looking in every store that I do my shopping in and to no avail. NO IMO !!!! What has happened to it???
What name is IMO sold under? I was told it change names a few years ago. Thnx, Mike
We’ve been looking for IMO in San Antonio, TX for years. It was the best and nothing else comes close. Any chance it will return to south Texas
San Diego We need our IMO please return to the stores.
Where can I find IMO in the central Texas area?
We are looking for IMO. Dean’s used to make this product. It is a sour cream substitute. Where do we buy this product? We have Wal-Mart, Safeway and Haggens in our town of Monroe, Washington, non of which carry IMO but all carry Dean’s Products. What’s can I do to or where can we go to find I’M?
Thanks Dave Nelson
I have been looking for IMO sour cream substitute for years, any luck?