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Article: Kickin' it old school: new era of yogurt is no problem for Anderson Erickson's Des Moines plant.(Plant Close-up)
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- Dairy Foods
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- June 1, 2009
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Cultured products have made great strides in the United States in recent years, but yogurt has always been big business for Anderson Erickson Dairy.
The family-owned processor has made constant improvements at its Des Moines, Iowa, plant to keep up with demand for its products in its core five-state Midwestern market, fueled by a relentless pursuit of quality and a wide variety of flavors dreamed up by the marketing folks and their enthusiastic chief executive.
The past five years have brought, among other things, a new yogurt filling line and a 20,000-square-foot addition to the cooler, exclusively for cultured products. ...