Burnett Dairy Cooperative acquires Cady Creek Farms

Grantsburg, Wis.-based Burnett Dairy Cooperative, a supplier of branded and private label cheeses, announced that it acquired a 100 percent interest in Cady Creek Farms LLC, a retail deli cheese company located in Green Bay, Wis., that was previously owned in a 50:50 partnership between Burnett Dairy Cooperative and Green Bay, Wis.-based Dairy Deli Solutions.

The purchase offers Burnett Dairy an integrated product portfolio of cheese products and go-to-market sales approach for the overall organization. The company said it will continue to provide employment to all of the employees of Cady Creek Farms and will maintain existing operations in Green Bay.

"This strategic acquisition will allow our farmer-owned cooperative the ability to better serve our customers and marketplace with innovative products while continuing to provide the same wholesome, quality products our customers and consumers have come to know and trust," said Dan Dowling, president and CEO, Burnett Dairy. "We will proudly continue to offer the Cady Creek Farms brand of products that are in retail deli today; furthermore, this will serve as a strategic expansion to the Burnett Dairy Cooperative family of brands, including Burnett Dairy and Wood River Creamery, found in the retail dairy and specialty cheese cases."