founder t.b. mayfield jr. area served southeastern united states key people scottie mayfield president number of employees 2000 parent dean foods website www.mayfielddairy.com mayfield dairy farms is a united states dairy products company with its headquarters in athens tennessee and additional production plants in birmingham alabama and braselton georgia . since 1990 it has been under the ownership of dean foods . contents 1 history 2 innovations 3 visitor centers 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was founded in 1923 by t.b. mayfield jr. and is now run by his grandson scottie mayfield . 1 it employs nearly 2000 people . 1 mayfield products are sold in ten southeastern states 1 tennessee georgia alabama south carolina north carolina florida kentucky virginia ohio and mississippi . 2 dean foods bought mayfield dairy in 1990 . 3 innovations edit mayfield is known for a history of innovation . the company boasts that founder t.b. mayfield had the first milk plant in the area capable of pasteurizing milk . 4 in 1970 mayfield s athens plant was the first in the industry to successfully implement in plant blow molding for production of plastic milk jugs . 5 in 1988 mayfield was the first dairy to use an opaque plastic milk jug that protects milk from ultraviolet light . 6 in 1995 mayfield launched the single serve chug milk bottle for dean foods . 5 the single serve bottle increased milk consumption by letting milk compete with single serving soft drinks . 7 in 2002 its clik top re sealable ice cream carton including a break seal that makes the package easier to open and a locking tab to keep the carton closed during storage was greeted as a packaging first . 8 in 2006 mayfield started a multi author company blog featuring posts by ceo scottie mayfield stories from inside the business news about new ice cream flavors and articles submitted by customers . the mayfield dairy blog was featured on the diva marketing blog as an example of the use of social media in marketing . 2 in 2007 the company won an effie award presented by the new york american marketing association for successfully marketing four new ice cream flavors without discounts using a campaign in which customers were encouraged to vote for their favorite new flavor . 9 visitor centers edit the company maintains two visitor centers one in athens tennessee and the other in braselton georgia and offers tours of its production plants in those locations . 10 see also edit squround references edit a b c official company history company website accessed september 13 2007 a b a new ceo blog from mayfield dairy farms diva marketing blog sep 18 2006 dean foods acquires tennessee based dairy factory tours usa a b chugging along tradition and innovation make mayfield dairy farms an important member of the dean family dairy field magazine october 2004 smart ice cream carton on food production daily website 03 july 2002 news update central ohio retail grocers association smart ice cream carton on food production daily website 03 july 2002 and packaging that works right now helps sell the good at mayfield dairy january 1 2003 . effie awards 2007 mayfield visitor centers company website accessed september 13 2007 external links edit official website v t e dean foods alta dena arctic splash barber s belsoy berkeley farms borden broughton brown s dairy country fresh creamland dean s friendly s friendship garelick farms gandy s heartland farms jilbert s land o lakes land o sun pet lehigh valley dairy farms louis trauth mayfield mcarthur meadow brook meadow gold pog model dairy mountain high oak farms the organic cow over the moon price s provamel purity reiter robinson dairy stroh s ice cream swiss tea t.g. lee trumoo tuscan dairy farms retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mayfield dairy & oldid 742164832 categories dairy products companies of the united statesdean foods brandscompanies based in tennesseemcminn county tennesseesingle serve containersice cream manufacturersice cream brands1923 establishments in tennesseeamerican companies established in 1923food and drink companies established in 1923 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 articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 02 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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