Dairy Farmers - Company Milestones

Company Milestones

• 1900 – Company established (The Dairy Farmers Co-operative Milk Co. Limited)
• 1935 – Established first bottling plant in Sydney
• Mid-1960s – Began producing cottage cheese and flavored yogurts
• 1977 – Invested in Ultra High Temperature (UHT) production
• 1989 – Acquisitions and mergers saw the formation of, Australian Co-operative Foods (ACF), to be known as Dairy Farmers
• 1997 – Acquired the COON, Mil Lel and Fred Walker cheese brands, and the licence for the Cracker Barrel brand. Merged with Malanda Dairy Foods and integrated the Dairy Vale business
• 2005 – Restructured and refocused the company. Separated the FMCG business from the milk supply co-operative
• 2008 – Acquired by Japanese owned food and beverage company, National Foods Limited