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{{Infobox Company
| name = Dean Foods Company
| logo = [[Image:Dean-logo.gif|Dean Foods Logo]]
| type = [[Public company|Public]] ({{nyse|DF}})
| genre =
| foundation = 1925
| founder =
| location_city = [[Dallas, Texas]]
| location_country = [[United States of America]]
| location =
| locations =
| area_served =
| key_people = [[Gregg L. Engles]], CEO & Chairman of the Board
| industry = [[Agribusiness]]
| products = [[Milk]], [[Soymilk]]|
| services =
| revenue = USD$11,821 Million (2007)<ref>[http://finance.google.com/finance?q=Df DF - Dean Foods Company - Google Finance<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| operating_income = USD$553 Million (2007)<ref>[http://finance.google.com/finance?q=Df DF - Dean Foods Company - Google Finance<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| net_income = USD$131 Million (2007)<ref>[http://finance.google.com/finance?q=Df DF - Dean Foods Company - Google Finance<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| assets = USD$7,033 Million (2007)<ref>[http://finance.google.com/finance?q=Df DF - Dean Foods Company - Google Finance<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| equity = USD$51 Million (2007)<ref>[http://finance.google.com/finance?q=Df DF - Dean Foods Company - Google Finance<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| owner =
| num_employees = 27,030 (December 4, 2006)
| parent =
| divisions =
| subsid =
| slogan = Healthy Foods, Healthy Families.
| homepage = [http://www.deanfoods.com deanfoods.com]
| footnotes =
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'''Dean Foods''' {{nyse|DF}} is the largest dairy processor and distributor in the world.[http://www.deanfoods.com/aboutus/aboutus.asp][http://www.answers.com/topic/dean-foods-company] Dean Foods sells more milk in the [[United States|U.S.]] than any other company. The company is based in [[Dallas, Texas]].
==History==
The company was founded in 1925 by Sam Dean, Sr. as Dean Evaporated Milk Company in [[Pecatonica, Illinois]].<ref>[http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Dean-Foods-Company-Company-History.html profile in International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 21. St. James Press, 1998 (via fundinguniverse.com)]</ref>
Dean Foods grew throughout the 1980s and 1990s by purchasing many regional milk companies. In 2001, Dean Foods, then the second-largest milk company, was purchased by Suiza Foods, then the largest. The resulting merged company was named Dean Foods, making it the largest milk company by far.
The company has 27,000 employees.<ref>[http://www.deanfoods.com/aboutus/career.asp Dean Foods website]</ref>
==Brands==
They are the largest producer of [[soy milk]] in the United States, owning a second soy milk brand as well ([[Sun Soy]]). Their brands also include [[organic food|organic]] and non-dairy milks such as [[Horizon Organic]].
Their subsidiary White Wave Foods is the distributor of [[Silk (soy milk)|Silk]] [[soy milk]], [[Horizon Organic]] [[dairy products]], [[International Delight]] [[creamer]], some [[Land O'Lakes]] [[dairy products]], [[Hershey's]] milk products, and Rachel's yogurt (both in the UK and the US). The company's TofuTown brand and its various [[tofu]] products were acquired by the [[Hain Celestial Group]] in June 2007.
In addition, Dean Foods owns many other brands. Dairy products with any of the following brand names are owned by Dean: Adohr Farms, AltaDena, Barbe's, Barber's, Berkeley Farms, [[Borden, Inc.|Borden]], [[Broughton Foods Company]], Brown's Dairy, Celta, Country Delite, Country Fresh, Creamland, Dairy Ease, Dairy Fresh, Dean Foods Ultra, Gandy's, Garelick Farms, Hygeia, Ideal Dairy, Jilbert's Dairy, Lehigh Valley Dairies, Liberty Dairy (in [[Evart, Michigan]], and available mainly at [[Meijer]] Stores), Louis Trauth, [[Mayfield Dairy]], McArthur Dairy, Meadow Brook, [[Meadow Gold]], Model Dairy, Oak Farms, [[PET Evaporated Milk]], Price's, [[Purity Dairies|Purity]], Reiter, Robinson Dairy, Schenkel's, Schepps, Shenandoah's Pride, Swiss Farms, T.G. Lee, [[Tuscan Dairy Farms]], and Verifine. Dean Foods also carries the [[The Hershey Company]] brand of milkshakes. It licenses the [[Land O'Lakes]] brand, selling creamers and fluid dairy products under the name.<ref name=yahoofinance>[http://biz.yahoo.com/e/070510/df10-q.html Quarterly Report] . Yahoo Finance. May 10 2007. Retrieved May 18 2007.</ref> Many brands of [[pickles]] are produced by Dean, including 80% of store-brand pickles. Dean also owns miscellaneous brands of sauces, olives, [[instant breakfasts]], and other edibles.
==Development==
Dean Foods reached [[internet phenomenon]] status on August 9th, 2006, when The [[New York Times]] published an article relating to users of [[YTMND]].com leaving humorous reviews on a gallon of "Tuscan Whole Milk" available on [[Amazon.com]]. Tuscan is a brand under the Dean Foods corporation.
In August, 2006, Dean Foods acquired Jilbert's Dairy, a 70 year old family run dairy business near [[Marquette, Michigan]] in the [[Upper peninsula]].<ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/sector-31-33-manufacturing/food-manufacturing/1191588-1.html Report on acquisition of Jilbert's Dairy by Dean Foods]</ref>
In December 2007, Dean Foods bought the [[Blue Bunny|Wells Dairy]] milk plant in [[Le Mars, Iowa]]. <ref>[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071222/BUSINESS/712220320/-1/SPORTS12 Wells' Dairy to sell milk plant to Dean Foods - December 22, 2007]</ref>
==Consumer Concerns==
Several of Dean Food, Co.'s subsidiaries (such as White Wave Foods) and associated brands such as Horizon, Aurora and Organic Valley (Aurora and OV not being owned by Dean) have come under controversy as USDA investigations have filed 14 willfull violations of the federal laws which govern organic foods.<ref>[http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_8105.cfm Halloween Trick: USDA lets Dean Foods/Horizon "Organic" Factory Farms off the Hook<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Thus, the organic status of the brands are currently in contention pending further federal investigation. The [[Organic Consumers Association]] has also led an economically effective boycott for these and other reasons.<ref>[http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5282.cfm Dean Foods & Horizon Organic Feeling the Heat from OCA's Boycott : Stock Market Price Falls 11%<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Also, in 2007, 16 farmers in the Southeast United States, [[National Dairy Holdings]] and [[Dairy Farmers of America]] (both dairy farmer's cooperatives in the Southeast) have filed suit against Dean Foods, Co. under allegations that the company has been actively involved in [[price-fixing]].<ref>[http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_6108.cfm Horizon Organic Parent Corporation, Dean Foods, Sued for Alleged Price Fixing<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.deanfoods.com/ Dean Foods Corporate Website]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B00032G1S0 "Tuscan Whole Milk" on Amazon.com]
* [http://www.tuscandairyfarms.com/ Tuscan Dairy Farms Website]
* [http://www.whitewave.com WhiteWave Website]
[[Category:Dairy products companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Multinational food companies]]
[[Category:Companies based in Dallas, Texas]]
[[Category:Dean Foods brands|*]]
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