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Article: Swiss Valley loses Hy-Vee pact
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- June 23, 2007
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Swiss Valley Farms recently lost a bidding battle for a major milk
supply contract.
An official with the Davenport, Iowa-based cooperative said other
products will help fill the void, however, and the manufacturer's
Dubuque bottling plant is helping with additional business.
Swiss Valley spokesman Ron Schroder said the co-op recently lost a
lucrative contract to be the private label supplier of white milk to
Midwest supermarket chain Hy-Vee Inc.
Shoppers will continue to find the Swiss Valley brand of white
milk on Hy-Vee store shelves; the co-op will cease to produce Hy-Vee
brand milk.
Without going into specific figures, Schroder acknowledges the
loss was a significant bit of business.
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