Seventy-five percent of Ideal Dairy s sales are accomplished through their route delivery. If anyone thinks that milkmen are a thing of the past, they need to take a look at this Richfield dairy. Ideal Dairy delivers. Tooter says they deliver bread, eggs, milk, cottage cheese, butter, apple juice, orange juice, even punch bags and ground beef. They are, in effect, a kind of mobile grocery store.
Home delivery is made twice a week to each house.
Four drivers and four trucks make the deliveries. In addition, wholesale routes are delivered three time a week. Cafes and restaurants are big supporters of the delivery program. When you walk through the door of the business you see the wide counter that spans the room. Teenagers, parents and old folks all find room together to enjoy the taste of dairy products right from the source.