Lifeway Foods Rejects Proposal from Danone and Adopts Limited Duration Shareholder Rights Plan

November 11, 2024 Lifeway Foods, Inc.

After careful and thorough consideration, conducted in consultation with its independent financial and legal advisors, the Board determined that Danone’s opportunistic proposal substantially undervalues Lifeway and is not in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders or other stakeholders.

Chobani Taps Industry Veteran Jai Kibe as Chief Marketing Officer

November 7, 2024 Chobani

Chobani, LLC announces the appointment of Jai Kibe as Chief Marketing Officer, effective November 4, 2024, reporting to President and COO, Kevin Burns. Kibe will lead the marketing and creative teams for the Chobani and La Colombe brands. 

Umpqua Dairy Products Company Honored with the 2024 Irving B. Weber Award for Total Quality Excellence

November 7, 2024 QCSPurchasing.com

Umpqua Dairy Products Company has been awarded the prestigious Irving B. Weber Award for Total Quality Excellence at the QCS Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. This award, regarded as the highest honor in the QCS Dairy Quality Excellence Program, recognizes the company’s unwavering dedication to superior quality, food safety, and operational excellence.

O’Brien Outlines ‘Now, Next, Future’ Checkoff Strategies at Annual Meeting

November 7, 2024 Dairy Management Inc.

Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) President and CEO Barbara O’Brien outlined “now, next, and future” checkoff strategies to more than 800 dairy farmers and industry representatives at the 2024 joint annual meeting of the United Dairy Industry Association, National Dairy Promotion and Research Board and National Milk Producers Federation held in Phoenix, Oct. 21-23.

Dairy Promotion Directors Elect Board Officers

November 7, 2024 Dairy Management Inc.

Leaders of Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB) and the United Dairy Industry Association (UDIA) announced election results to lead national dairy checkoff strategies and programs to protect and grow sales.