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WestFarm Foods
 PROFILE
Churning out golden dairy foods since 1918, WestFarm Foods (formerly Darigold) is one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the US. It is owned by about 850 dairy producers in Northern California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. With 12 processing plants and three Darigold Farm stores, the co-op makes, distributes, and markets butter, cheese, cultured products (cottage cheese, sour cream), dry milk, fluid milk, ice cream and frozen novelties, and juice under the Darigold name. Its Dairy Export subsidiary also owns about 80% of juice maker Olympic Foods and 30% of the Western Feed Division of Land O' Lakes. Affiliate and part-owner County Classic Dairies operates as Darigold Farms of Montana.

 COMPETITION
Dairy Farmers of America (dossier)
Land O'Lakes, Inc. (dossier)
Suiza Dairy Group (dossier)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 1,100.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 10.0%
Employees: 1,300
Revenue per employee: $846,153.85

 KEY PEOPLE
• John E. Mueller
    CEO
• Stephen Boyd
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
635 Elliott Ave.
Seattle, WA 98119
US
Phone: 206-284-7220
Fax: 206-281-3456
Online: Web Site

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