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The first Quality Dairy Store opened in 1936 and as of 2023 there are 26 retail locations in the Mid-Michigan area. [3] [4] [5] Quality Dairy Company's headquarters is located near REO Town in Lansing [6] and operates its Dairy Plant and Bakery Plant from central Lansing as well. [7]
In 1970 Mayfield's Athens plant was the first in the industry to successfully implement in-plant blow-molding for production of plastic milk jugs. [5] In 1988 Mayfield was the first dairy to use an opaque plastic milk jug that protects milk from ultraviolet light. [6] In 1995, Mayfield launched the single-serve Chug milk bottle for Dean Foods. [5]
The dairy industry in the United States includes the farms, cooperatives, and companies that produce milk, cheese and related products such as milking machines, and distribute them to the consumer. By 1925, the United States had 1.5-2 million dairy cows, each producing an average of 4200 lb of milk per year.
As of 2022, the chain has 60 locations, the majority of which are in Maryland, plus four in Pennsylvania. [1] At one time, High's was the largest ice cream store in the world with over 500 stores, including locations in Virginia , Delaware , West Virginia , and Washington, D.C. [ 2 ]
Later, it stressed its "GoldenFlake" buttermilk and won national awards with the product. Purity was one of the first to use HEPA filtration in its cottage cheese production area and this helped to dramatically improve the shelf life of the product. It was the first to use wax-free paper packaging and opaque gallon containers for milk.
The family used a horse and milk float to deliver milk to their neighbors, beginning in 1927, after Peter J. Oberweis invested in half of the business of the Big Woods Dairy. [6] During the Great Depression, Peter's son Joe dropped out of high school to help run the business. [7]
Sealtest had milk and ice cream plants across the midwestern and northeastern part of the United States, with large operations in Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Huntington, Indiana, Rockford, Illinois, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York City. Its Mid-South operations were based in Nashville. [citation needed]
Tuscan Dairy Farms produces fluid milk and dairy by-products which are available to supermarkets, general wholesale, and food service outlets throughout the Northeastern United States. Tuscan Dairy Farms reached internet phenomenon status on August 9, 2006, when The New York Times published an article relating to users of YTMND .com leaving ...