413:, it needed to be sold quickly or converted to other products which did not spoil as quickly. However, the facilities needed to do this were expensive, and most farmers did not possess the resources needed to install them on their farms. Through the use of cooperatives, raw milk was purchased from the farmers and converted to butter and cheese, then distributed and sold to consumers. In 1938, the Producers Creamery of Carlinville, which would later be renamed Prairie Farms Dairy, was the ninth cooperative creamery to join the Illinois Producers Creameries.
406:, dairy cooperatives were scarce. Starting a cooperative required large amounts of money, and the only way to obtain it was to sell shares of stock. However, because the market was so fragile, going public was generally not beneficial, especially when the price of a share of stock was far greater than the price of the product sold by the company. In the 1930s, the average container of butter sold for approximately ten cents, while a share of stock in Prairie Farms would have cost nearly twenty-five dollars.
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Specialties mainly produced ice cream novelties, or small, individually packaged ice cream treats, which Prairie Farms thought would bring in sizable revenue during the summer months. The purchase cost Prairie Farms about $ 2 million, and the company predicted ice cream novelty sales would pay for it within ten years. However, Kroger opened an ice cream novelty plant soon after in Indianapolis, reducing sales by 30 percent.
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with sales ranging from $ 250,000 a year to $ 7,000,000 a year, and the reason for the purchase ranged from the acquisition of a competitor's customer base to gaining new facilities with modern technology. The total amount paid for the mergers and acquisitions up until 1982 was more than $ 10 million.
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In April 1969, Prairie Farms created the PFD Supply
Company, a company designed to produce nondairy products for fast food restaurants. This decision was profitable for Prairie Farms, bringing in three million dollars annually by 1978. PFD Supply manufactured and distributed almost all of the food
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As of May 2018, Prairie Farms receives milk from over 900 producers, has 5,700 employees (683 in
Greater St. Louis), operates 44 manufacturing plants and over 100 distribution facilities, and has annual sales of over $ 3 billion. The Prairie Farms distribution footprint covers over 30 percent of the
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Producers Creamery of Carlinville of 1938 differed greatly from the current Prairie Farms. Over the past 70 years, the dairy cooperative has grown largely by merging with and buying other dairies. The first such merger occurred on January 1, 1954, when the company bought the Community Dairy of
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Another notable acquisition consisted of the purchase of the
Chamberlain Ice Cream Company located in Lafayette, Indiana, and the Vix Ice Cream Company with locations in St. Louis, Missouri, and Marietta, Georgia. On August 1, 1969, Prairie Farms created Ice Cream Specialties, Inc. in conjunction
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In 1938, Prairie Farms' income came solely from the sale of butter. Today, Prairie Farms manufactures and sells dozens of different products, including milk, cheese, ice cream, juices, sour cream, dips, and many others. The company also manufactures fat-free and low-fat versions of almost every
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Prairie Farms as the milk source for its house brand, Great Value. Currently, Walmart buys the milk for the Great Value brand from a dairy in Texas. Although this shift decreased the volume of milk sold by Prairie Farms, CEO Ed Mullins says that Walmart is still the company's largest
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March 1, 1962 marked a major change for the
Producers Creamery of Carlinville. After merging with Prairie Farms of Western Illinois, the Prairie Farms Dairy of Carbondale, Illinois, and the Producers Dairy of Danville, Prairie Farms Dairy Incorporated was formed. The new company distributed
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suburb, to assist with talent attraction and retention, as well as consolidate corporate employees from five locations. Prairie Farms moved into the new $ 9 million, 30,000 square foot headquarters building in early August 2017. The building is located at 3744 Staunton Road in far eastern
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has repeatedly stated that dairy products from cows given these hormones are safe for human consumption, many people remain unconvinced. Beginning
February 1, 2008, Prairie Farms decided to prohibit its producers from using rbST and rBGH due to increasing requests from consumers.
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Producers Creamery, but it was renamed Prairie Farms Dairy. Since its beginning in 1938, the company has expanded largely through mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures with various dairy cooperatives, producers, and manufacturers.
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products throughout the middle of the country and was more financially secure than the three companies were individually. The merger was initially named
Prairie Farms Creamery of Carlinville but later it was renamed Prairie Farms Dairy.
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Ice cream makes up a significant portion of Prairie Farms' sales. The company offers multiple variations, ranging from fat-free to premium to sherbet, in an array of 65 different flavors.
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