Dean Foods Co

Agri Marketing, March, 2005

> Dean Foods Co. plans to spin off its specialty foods group to shareholders. The new group would become a $700 million publicly traded private label company specializing in branded, packaged consumer goods. Former Keebler CEO Sam Reed will head the executive team. Dean Foods, in conjunction with the spin-off, is moving its Mocha Mix nondairy creamer, food service dressings and Second Nature egg substitute businesses into the specialty foods group from Dean's branded products and dairy groups.