1914 minneapolis minnesota united states founder william henry kemps w.s. lathrop headquarters st. paul minnesota united states area served midwestern united states products dairy number of employees 1 125 parent dairy farmers of america subsidiaries goodrich dairy green s dairy hagan ice cream website http www.kemps.com kemps legal name kemps llc is an american dairy company located in st. paul minnesota . it has been a subsidiary of dairy farmers of america since being purchased in 2011 from hp hood llc . dairy farmers of america is based in kansas city missouri but kemps continues to be headquartered in st. paul . products provided by the company include milk cottage cheese half and half egg nog cream juices sour cream chip dips ice cream yogurt and novelties . 1 most of these products are sold at grocery stores throughout the midwestern united states but some are available in other parts of the country as well . kemps currently operates five manufacturing facilities in minnesota and wisconsin . 2 contents 1 brands 2 history 3 acquisitions 4 references 5 external links brands edit the family of brands for kemps kemps goodrich dairy green s dairy hagan ice cream history edit kemps was founded in 1914 by william henry kemps formerly of st. louis missouri who partnered with w.s. lathrop after his minneapolis candy company was near bankruptcy . the business was first known as lathrop kemps ice cream company producing special quality kemps ice cream . as part of the agreement lathrop would have to maintain his sobriety as he had issues with alcoholism . this didn t happen and kemps would soon become sole owner of the company . 3 kemps suffered from chronic health problems during his life . in 1921 the doctor advised that he may not be able to survive too many more winters in minnesota . kemps and his family visited california later that year . they would eventually purchase a home in beverly hills and move there in 1924 . at the same time kemps sold his company to competitor crescent creamery of st. paul . brothers arthur howard and w.r. cammack who owned crescent creamery would operate both businesses as kemps crescent . 3 in 1961 kemps crescent would merge with marigold dairies of rochester minnesota and dolly madison dairies of la crosse wisconsin to form marigold foods inc. 3 4 the company would merge with ward food services of maplewood minnesota in 1968 . ten years later dutch company nv wessanen koninklijke fabrieken now royal wessanen bought marigold foods from ward food services . 5 national dairy holdings purchased marigold foods and its subsidiaries from royal wessanen in 2001 only to be acquired by hp hood three years later in a deal that also involved crowley foods of binghamton new york . marigold foods would be renamed kemps llc in 2002 as most products provided by the company were of the kemps brand . in 2011 the company would be sold by hp hood to dairy farmers of america . 3 acquisitions edit kemps has acquired numerous dairy companies to expand business including 5 clover leaf dairy company of minneapolis minnesota in 1979 . fairmont foods company inc. of green bay wisconsin in 1980 . dairy division only green s dairy of york pennsylvania in 1992 . brown s velvet dairy of new orleans louisiana in 1993 . sold to suiza foods in 2000 acquired by dean foods in 2001 cedarburg dairy inc. of cedarburg wisconsin in 1993 . hagan ice cream of pittsburgh pennsylvania in 1996 . becker s dairy of chicago illinois in 1998 . gillette dairy inc. of norfolk nebraska and rapid city south dakota in 1999 . goodrich dairy of omaha nebraska in 1999 . oak grove dairy of norwood minnesota in 2000 . the only brands that continue to operate as subsidiaries of kemps llc are goodrich dairy green s dairy and hagan ice cream . kemps had started a joint venture with franklin foods of duluth minnesota and associated milk producers inc. in 1982 making products under the arrowhead dairy brand . franklin foods closed the plant in 2013 . 6 references edit kemps fridge & freezer retrieved feb. 9 2015 . kemps about kemps retrieved feb. 9 2015 . a b c d comcast william henry kemps compiled by roger kemps retrieved feb. 9 2015 . postbulletin.com kemps 100 years ahead of the curve by jeff kiger june 13 2014 retrieved feb. 9 2015 . a b us yellow kemps marigold foods retrieved feb. 9 2015 . bring me the news don t got milk . dairy workers lose jobs in duluth by kevyn burger september 11 2013 retrieved feb. 9 2015 . external links edit kemps official website goodrich dairy green s dairy hagan ice cream retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kemps company & oldid 743568916 categories dairy farmingcompanies based in saint paul minnesotahistory of minneapoliscompanies established in 1914 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom 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