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Dean Foods completes joint venture with Land O’Lakes; acquires pickle business from Agrilink Foods
Deans Foods Company, Franklin Park, Ill., has completed the purchase of Land O’Lakes Upper Midwest fluid milk operations. The two companies have also formed a joint venture to nationally market and license value-added fluid and cultured dairy products to further expand the Land O’Lakes brand name. The purchase includes all the operating assets of Land O’Lakes Fluid Dairy Division, in…