These selections are sent to the loading dock where they are palletized and shrinkwrapped and moved into refrigerated trailer trucks that are cooled to 35 degrees Fahrenheit. A driver takes the load either to a Wal-Mart Supercenter or to one of nine Dairy Fresh distribution branches located either in Alabama or Mississippi. Upon arrival at a distribution center, products are placed on individual trucks and taken to stores. Wal-Mart Supercenters are the exception. Trailer trucks go directly to these stores.
Palletized milk is rolled directly into the stores.
This cuts out the middle man. Dairy Fresh also has distributors who are not employed by the company but who sell Dairy Fresh milk. There are about 20 such distributors. Only four to 24 hours have passed from the time the milk has arrived at the processing plant to when it is delivered to a store. Again, human hands have not touched the product during the whole process.