Main Street Ingredients PR Archives – 2005
NEW MARKETING AGREEMENT WITH ALTO - June 24, 2005
Waupun, Wisconsin – June 24, 2005 – Alto Dairy Cooperative announces its alliance with Main Street Ingredients, LaCrosse, Wis., as its marketing partner of dried whey and permeate beginning July 1, 2005. This arrangement will not affect Alto’s feed divisions.
Main Street Ingredients, a recognized leader in food ingredients, will rely on Alto Dairy for a steady, quality supply of whey products for dairy ingredient applications in the nutritional and food processing industries.
“We are excited to partner with Main Street Ingredients,” said Rich Scheuerman, President and CEO of Alto Dairy Cooperative. “By marketing our dried whey and permeate through this partnership, Alto will be able capitalize on Main Street’s sales and marketing expertise adding value to our members’ milk.”
Main Street will position Alto’s whey to gain a larger share in the food industry.
“Main Street Ingredients will maximize Alto’s revenue and exposure in the food industry by marketing whey into strategic food manufacturers,” said Bill Schmitz, President of Main Street Ingredients. “Alto has a strong reputation in the dairy industry and we are happy to join forces with them and utilize their whey in our products.”
“This partnership is one of several initiatives we are working on to bring higher margins and add value to our cooperative and member’s milk,” stated Scheuerman. In April, Alto announced its partnership with Winona Foods to brand and market its aged Cheddar nationally.
About Main Street Ingredients
Main Street Ingredients is a world leader in providing high quality food ingredients to the dairy, nutritional and food processing industries. The corporate office and production facilities are located in La Crosse, WI with distribution outlets across North America. Recognized for its functional stabilizer systems, expertise in proteins, private-label nutritional systems and custom-formulated blends, Main Street Ingredients provides innovative concepts to their global and local customers. A team of cutting-edge food scientists, combined with a pilot manufacturing plant and an accredited quality systems program is a recipe for success — Main Street Ingredients is the essential ingredient.
About Alto Dairy
Alto Dairy is a member-owned cooperative of dairy producers manufacturing more than 550,000 pounds of American and Italian-style cheese per day at the company’s Waupun and Black Creek facilities from a daily intake of more than five million pounds of milk. Cheese and whey produced by Alto Dairy is marketed nationwide under a variety of brand names and private labels. For more information, visit www.altodairy.com.
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