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The company was established as "WhiteWave Foods" in 1977 by Steve Demos in Boulder, Colorado, to expand soy into the market. [3] The company was formerly a subsidiary of Dean Foods, and was spun off in an initial public offering announced in August 2012. [4] [5] Dean Foods had acquired WhiteWave in May 2002. [6] [7]
The first product was introduced in March 1996 by WhiteWave, Inc. at the Natural Foods Expo in Anaheim, California. In the years that followed, Silk became a successful, worldwide, organic food brand. In 2002 WhiteWave, Inc was sold to Dean Foods for over $300 million. [2] The company's sales grew to $350 million in annual revenues by 2005.
Prior to being acquired by Dean Foods in 2004, it was a public company and owner of the organic dairy brands: Juniper Valley Farms, The Organic Cow of Vermont and UK brand Rachel's Organic. [2] [3] On April 2, 2024, global investment firm Platinum Equity announced that it had completed the purchase of a controlling stake in Horizon Organic. [4]
After the close of business today, Dean Foods distributed an aggregate of 47,686,000 shares of WhiteWave Class A common stock and 67,914,000 shares of WhiteWave Class B common stock as a pro rata ...
Organic dairy producer WhiteWave Foods is poised to rocket into orbit following its $600 million acquisition of Earthbound Farm, an organic salad and packaged fruits and vegetables purveyor. Like ...
Milk producer Dean Foods announced yesterday it had completed the spinoff of its organic foods division WhiteWave Foods by distributing 47.7 million shares of its Class A stock, and 67.9 million ...
Dean Foods purchased Alpro in 2009 for an estimated US$455 million, making it a "global leader in soy beverages". [35] At that time, the company was restructured and a number of subsidiaries were sold, including Rachel's Organic. [36] Dean Foods spun off WhiteWave Foods, the maker of Horizon Organic and Silk Soymilk, as a standalone company in ...
The day is finally drawing near when Dean Foods will spin off (most of) the rest of its WhiteWave Foods holdings. Today, Dean Foods will distribute 115.6 million shares of WhiteWave as a dividend ...