The Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) is an American food and beverage company. In 1925, founder Samuel E. Dean bought the Pecatonica Marketing Company, an evaporated milk processing facility located in northwestern Illinois and named it the Dean Evaporated Milk Company in 1927.
That same year Dean began to expand the company by purchasing local Illinois dairy plants. The company’s growth through acquisitions continued until December 21, 2001 when i...
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The Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) is an American food and beverage company. In 1925, founder Samuel E. Dean bought the Pecatonica Marketing Company, an evaporated milk processing facility located in northwestern Illinois and named it the Dean Evaporated Milk Company in 1927.
That same year Dean began to expand the company by purchasing local Illinois dairy plants. The company’s growth through acquisitions continued until December 21, 2001 when it was acquired by Dallas based Suiza Foods Corporation, a larger acquisition dairy company. After the acquisition, Suiza changed its ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange from “SZA” to “DF” and moved all operations to Dallas, Texas. The "new" Dean Foods Company was born. Current corporate headquarters are in Uptown Dallas. On June 8, 2009 the company announced plans to move to Cityplace Center in the Cityplace district in Uptown in the first quarter of 2010.
The company has two operating divisions: Fresh Dairy Direct and WhiteWave...
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