Earthbound Farm named Kevin Yost as president, taking over for Charlie Sweat, the former CEO who will move into an advisory role. This appointment comes after WhiteWave Food Foods announced plans to purchase the organic food producer.
The Dallas Morning News reported that Dallas-based Dean Foods Co. expects by next spring to renovate and expand a vacant, 190,000-square-foot building in Dallas to produce WhiteWave products.
Dairy and soy products giant Dean Foods Company, Dallas, said Joseph E. Scalzo, 52, president and chief operating officer, left the company February 25 for undisclosed reasons.
Dean Foods Co., Dallas, will pay approximately $450 million to acquire the Alpro division of Vandemoortele N.V., Belgium's largest privately held food company.
Hero/WhiteWave LLC, a joint venture between Switzerland's Hero Group and Dean Foods' WhiteWave Foods, opened a $35 million plant in Mount Crawford, Va., to produce Fruit2day, a refrigerated juice drink.
