Bandon's last link to cheese shuttered.
Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard BANDON - This town's last link to its handmade-cheese-making history was severed on Tuesday, when the Tillamook County Creamery Association locked the doors of the Bandon Cheese retail store and laid off its six full-time and five seasonal employees. The...

Choice cheeses.
Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard For those of us who grew up thinking that the only kinds of cheese were American and Velveeta - oh, go ahead and add cottage to that list - it's a whole new world out there. We're finding out what...

Land O'Lakes Completes Purchase of Kraft's Melrose, Minnesota, Cheese Plant.
MELROSE, Minn., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Land O'Lakes, Inc. has completed the purchase of the Kraft Foods, Inc. cheese plant in Melrose, Minn. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The purchase agreement initially was announced February 19, 2001. The plant will be owned...

Businesses Fear Worst for Economy if Rate Increases Hit Them Hardest.
CPUC Decision on Rate Increase Structure to Make or Break CA Operations In three weeks, the California Public Utilities Commission is due to present its final decision on a rate increase proposal that could help put the state's economy either on the road to stability or the...

Saputo Inc. Announces a Partnership Agreement Between Subsidiary Culinar and Dare Foods.
MONTREAL, June 18 /PRNewswire/ - Saputo Inc. today announced the conclusion of a partnership agreement by subsidiary Culinar pursuant to which Dare Foods will acquire the cookies, fine breads and soups operations of the Company's Grocery Products sector. Following the close of the transaction, Saputo Inc. will...

Saputo Inc. Completes the Partnership Agreement Between its Subsidiary Culinar and Dare Foods.
MONTREAL, July 16 /PRNewswire/ - Saputo Inc. today announced the closing of the partnership agreement between its subsidiary Culinar and Dare Foods. This transaction follows the June 18, 2001 announcement pursuant to which Dare Foods acquired the cookies, fine breads and soups operations of the Company's Grocery...

Snacking evolves to main meal status, creating options to upsell consumers.
Changing lifestyles and more diverse consumer tastes give vendors a chance to attract a wider audience for salty snacks With more people eating on the run these days, a bag of chips or snack mix from the vending machine often serves as the mid day meal. Hence,...

Saputo Inc. Completes Acquisition of Dairyworld Foods.
MONTREAL, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ - Saputo Inc. declared today that it has closed the transaction announced on December 18, 2000 for the acquisition of the fluid-milk and cheese operations as well as certain joint-venture interests of Agrifoods International Cooperative Limited, more commonly known as "Dairyworld Foods". The...

Land O'Lakes to Purchase Kraft's Melrose, Minnesota, Cheese Plant ... Operate Plant as Joint Venture With Dairy Farmers of America.
MELROSE, Minn., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Land O'Lakes, Inc. and Kraft Foods, Inc., today announced that they have reached agreement for the purchase of the Kraft cheese plant in Melrose, Minn., as an ongoing operation. Separately, Land O'Lakes and Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA)...

Whey concentrate adds calcium.
A South Dakota State University (SDSU) study may lead to new uses for mineral-rich whey concentrate while giving coffee and tea drinkers more calcium. SDSU dairy science researcher Rajiv Dave is working to develop processing technologies to improve the solubility and mouth feel of whey mineral concentrate...