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couldn't cool the yogurt down fast enough to meet the production volumes. So, we had to shut the plant down for about three or four months and rebuild it". The company nearly went bankrupt during the plant closure. As of August 2010, Hilmarsson's company, Icelandic Milk & Skyr
Corporation, had nine employees and approximately 350 cows from six family farms. By the following year, the company was producing 100,000 six-ounce cups of yogurt each week. To handle the potential of growing demand, the company began transitioning to a larger plant in 2013. Within a few years, the company had a backup manufacturing facility in Wisconsin; Siggi said, "When your business grows enough, you don't want to rely on just one plant." As of 2014, Siggi's yogurt was largely only available at Whole Foods and
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