I'm an Oakhurst kid and for good reason: Loyalty.
Our family grew up in Portland's Deering Center from the 1950s to the '80s. As one of four thirsty children, home deliveries from Oakhurst Dairy were frequent. Back then, it was not uncommon that our milkman would come right into the kitchen a couple of times a week to restock the refrigerator with quarts of fresh milk. We were one of his many loyal customers.
As consumers, though, we were the end of the line in a continuum of loyal relationships that began with the owners of the dairy.
The loyalty between Oakhurst and its employees is memorialized at the dairy's Portland processing plant. In the reception area on the second floor, plaque after plaque bears the names of long-term employees who have shared in decades of innovation, production and delivery.
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