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In 2016, the company produced around 75,000,000 pounds (34,000,000 kg) of yogurt. [5] Its Green Mountain Creamery vanilla Greek yogurt was awarded first place prize at the 2012 World Dairy Expo Dairy Product Championship Contest, and the brand's maple Greek yogurt was named the International Dairy Food Association's most innovative product in 2013.
[1] [4] [13] In November 2008, the company announced the construction of a new $61 million plant in Chesterfield County, Virginia, expected to employ 260 people and come on line in mid-2010. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The company grew over 50% between August 2008 and August 2009.
Chobani is an American food company specializing in strained yogurt.The company was founded in 2005 by Hamdi Ulukaya, [2] [3] a Kurdish businessman. [4] [5] [6] Chobani sells thick, Greek yogurt with a higher protein content than traditional yogurt and is one of the main companies to popularize this style of yogurt in the US. [7]
Crowley Foods was founded in 1904 by grocery clerk James K. "J.K." Crowley when he purchased a fledgling dairy business for $500.00 in Poughkeepsie, New York. [9] His company assets began with a horse and wagon, ice house, barn, some cans and bottles as well as a milk delivery route serving local customers. [10]
The company's plant in the United States opened in Batavia, New York, in June 2013, and was the distribution hub for the United States. [4] However, the company announced in December 2015 that it would close the plant. [5] The plant reopened in July 2017, under new ownership by Alpina Foods, but closed down again in January 2019. [6] [7]
On Monday, the food processing company announced that it would close its Emporia, Kansas facility in February 2025. Over 800 employees of the plant were notified about the closure in a letter.
The American Viscose Plant Historic District is an industrial park and historic district located in Roanoke, Virginia. The site is the location of the former American Viscose Corporation rayon processing plant that once employed over 5,000 and for a time was reportedly the largest rayon producing mill in the world. The plant's construction ...
In 2016, the company bought a former processing plant in Siler City, with plans to renovate and update the plant. In October of that year, Mountaire Farms opened a new Corporate Office Building in Millsboro. In 2017, the company acquired grain assets from Lansing Trade Group, LLC, which has operations in Eastville and Painter in Virginia. [4] [6]