Talk:Dean Foods

message: :Dean licenses the Land O' Lakes brand for some products.  ENeville 03:27, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The result was merge into Dean Foods. -- Debate 木 08:16, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I completely concur. Gobonobo T C 18:21, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from White Wave 

message: The beauty of Dean Foods is that it has purchased all these fine local brands, has left them more or less autonomous, and has enhanced, not destroyed, these new components.  The Dean website itself suggests their formula.  While their are obvious links, merging the article does not change the fact that Jilbert's is still Jilbert's (for example), although it is no longer family owned.  The character has remained the same.  If these other companies are to be merged, they could (at least) be kept as separate sections.  Dean Foods has not chosen to 'homogenize' its operation, so to speak, and this article shouldn't do that either.  7&6=thirteen (talk) 19:16, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merging articles

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Dean-logo.gif

message: Maybe I missed it in the article but does anyone have info on the company's monetary worth?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.161.36 (talk) 23:48, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worth 

message: *Combine "Controversy" and "History" sections per WP:CRITICISM
*Remove undue weight given to some of the law suits etc.
*Add Lead Rewrite tag as the lead does not adequately summarize the entire article per WP:LEAD
*Clean up Product section, summarize, remove dup and overly detailed content
*Lots of copy edits to improve grammar, sentence structure, ogranization, update photo caption, move photo, remove excess bold etc.
*Add LinkRot tag as some cites are bare URL's
*— Preceding unsigned comment added by Keithbob (talk • contribs) -- — Keithbob • Talk •  02:54, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Bold edits to clean up this article

message: WhiteWave Foods was spun off earlier this year. Press release. Any discussion on that company having it's own article now? --Geniac (talk) 02:01, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  WhiteWave 

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message: As the article on Alpro references, after Dean Foods bought Alpro in 2009 which is listed in the history section, it sold off White Wave in 2013, and thus also Alpro.
The fact that buying Alpro is mentioned while selling it off is not could make it appear as if they still own them.
I'd suggest we either add selling it off, or remove mentioning that they bought it since it no longer pertains to Dean Foods as they are today? Thoughts?
Interstates (talk) 21:42, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  White Wave (and thus Alpro) sold off in 2013 

message: Hi there, I'm here with a handful of updates to fix some inaccuracies in this article. As disclosure, I do have a financial conflict of interest, as I am here on behalf of Dean Foods through my work at Beutler Ink. To start with, I've got a few (hopefully) straightforward edits to propose for the infobox, introduction and History to fix some inaccuracies and add up-to-date factual information:
In the current infobox, key people are no longer correct, products is missing juice, and the financial figures and employee count are 5-6 years old. Below I'm suggesting a new version of the infobox that includes an updated list of key people, financial figures, employees and products (see  text).
: This request is complete! Thanks Whoisjohngalt. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI)  17:16, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: This is complete. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI)  17:16, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

text: This is complete. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI)  17:16, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

text: Thanks to Whoisjohngalt for reviewing this request and making updates in the article, as well as a few other beneficial changes. I'll be returning here soon with some additional suggestions and hope that someone will be able to look over those, too. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI)  17:16, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposing updates + fixes for inaccuracies 

message: Hi again. Following my request above, I have a few more small tweaks to update the current information in this article. Once again, this request is on behalf of Dean Foods as part of my work at Beutler Ink. 
In the Products section, the summary of products includes inaccurate information, the list of national brands includes some that are incorrect and is missing a newly-added brand. Finally, some details about individual brands are inaccurate. 
Specifically:
*In the first paragraph
**Canned foods or condiments can be removed, since Dean Foods does not offer these
**Ice cream, juice and teas are not currently included and can be added
**For the second sentence "produces" isn't the right word here re: milk, my contact at Dean Foods pointed out "cows produce milk, we process it"
**I suggest cutting the line about Land O'Lakes, as it seems odd to highlight this one brand. Also, the details are incorrect since Dean Foods licenses the brand for milk, but not other dairy products
*The National brands list is inaccurate: Fruit Rush and Swiss Premium Tea can be removed and Uncle Matt's Organic juice can be added
*In the Regional brands list:
**Friendly's should be listed after Dean's, to place it in alphabetical order like the other brands, and the copy about the brand is not quite right. The ice cream is the same that is served at Friendly's Restaurants, its flavors are not "based on" ice cream from the restaurants
**Details about Land O'Lakes can be updated to note that it is a licensed brand for milk
**ReadyLeaf Tea can be added
Once again, I do have a financial COI, so please note that I do not intend to make any edits to the article, and instead I hope that an uninvolved editor (or editors) can review and make the changes as appropriate. Thanks in advance! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI)  15:42, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: This is complete. Whoisjohngalt I would like to work on getting some better images into this article.Whoisjohngalt (talk) 21:04, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you so much, Whoisjohngalt! And I totally agree about the images, I'll be asking if Dean Foods can provide some. Thanks again! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI)  21:15, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fixes for ''Products'' 

message: * The lead presently links to Meadow Gold Dairies (Hawaii).
* But, Regional Brands presently red links to Meadow Gold Dairy (band). ( "brand"? )
IveGoneAway (talk) 21:34, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistaken Meadow Gold linking?