44 min
117 - Walmart Didn’t Bankrupt Borden Dairy (or Dean Foods!) The Business of Agriculture Podcast
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On January 6th, 2020, Borden Dairy filed for bankruptcy protection. The 163 year old milk processor’s announcement comes just 2 months after Dean Foods - the nation’s largest milk processor - filed for bankruptcy. Within minutes of the Borden news breaking, social media warriors were blaming Walmart for the company’s demise. Friend of show and dairy woman, Katharine Lotspeich joins me to sort out the reality of milk, the marketplace and why we in agriculture can’t keep blaming Walmart for a changing landscape. Consumer tastes are changing while large scale companies seem content to sit on their commodity business model. What does this mean for the future of food production and processing? Listen and find out!
On January 6th, 2020, Borden Dairy filed for bankruptcy protection. The 163 year old milk processor’s announcement comes just 2 months after Dean Foods - the nation’s largest milk processor - filed for bankruptcy. Within minutes of the Borden news breaking, social media warriors were blaming Walmart for the company’s demise. Friend of show and dairy woman, Katharine Lotspeich joins me to sort out the reality of milk, the marketplace and why we in agriculture can’t keep blaming Walmart for a changing landscape. Consumer tastes are changing while large scale companies seem content to sit on their commodity business model. What does this mean for the future of food production and processing? Listen and find out!
44 min