Among so many dairy companies, which companies are giants? The result of 25th Dairy 100 Rank by Dairy Foods has been released. On the rank there are the biggest private and companies, there are alsp cooperatives within the North America industry.
Compared the list of the last year there are many changes, but the top postion of Nestlé is still stable. The dairy giant remains in the top spot, but with a significantly higher revenue this year because we factored in revenue from all of its North American operations, not just those from the United States.
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But change can be found in the next two spots. Saputo Inc., which ranked third in last year’s rankings, edged out Dean Foods (No. 2 last year) to move to No. 2 on this year’s list.
Coming in at No. 4 is Danone North America, previously known as DanoneWave. (The company took the same spot on last year’s list.) In addition to getting a new name, the company recently became the largest Certified B Corporation in the world. The certification, by nonprofit third party B Lab, recognizes Danone North America’s efforts in doing business in a way that meets rigorous standards of verified performance, transparency and accountability.
Rounding out the top 10 are No. 5 Kraft Heinz (No. 5 last year), No. 6 Schreiber Foods (No. 6), No. 7 Agropur (No. 7), No. 8 Dairy Farmers of America (DFA, No. 8), No. 9 Land O’Lakes (No. 10) and No. 10 The Kroger Co. (No. 11).
“New” to the top 20 is the North American operation of Italy’s Parmalat Group. It was incorrectly listed as Lactalis American Group last year, which is only part of the operation. The revenue also was overstated.
Other newcomers to the list include Stonyfield Farm (No. 63), which Danone S.A. of France sold to the French Lactalis Group in 2017 (Stonyfield Farm had not been part of DanoneWave/Danone North America), and Valley Queen Cheese Factory (No. 99).
Notably not making the list this year is Fonterra (USA) Inc. (ranked No. 40 on last year’s list). It sold its 50% share in the DairiConcepts joint venture — which involved a number of processing facilities — to partner DFA back in 2015. Although the company entered the Tillamook County Creamery Association/Threemile Canyon Farms Columbia River Technologies joint venture in 2017, all of its other processing operations are contracted out to third-party manufacturers, according to a source at the company.
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Source: dairyfoods.com
