Insights and Stories on Saputo

Saputo to consolidate U.S. cheesemaking, shut three plants

Feb. 9, 2023 at 1:58 am CST

The Canadian company ranked among the three biggest cheesemakers in the U.S. is preparing to consolidate five of its cheese plants in that country down to two. Montreal-based Saputo announced last Thursday it has construction underway on a new $240 million cut-and-wrap cheese plant in the Milwaukee suburb of Franklin, […]

Saputo to buy British cheesemaker Wensleydale

Jul. 9, 2021 at 3:42 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Saputo to shut two dairy plants in East

Feb. 7, 2020 at 9:56 am CST

By GFM Staff

Canada’s Saputo to buy major U.K. dairy firm

Feb. 23, 2019 at 9:01 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Canadian dairies get significant control over imports under TPP

Nov. 27, 2018 at 4:21 pm CST

Saputo urges end to contentious Class 7 system

Jun. 18, 2018 at 1:42 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Saputo, one of Canada’s largest dairies, supports ending a domestic milk ingredient pricing system that has angered the United States, CEO Lino Saputo Jr. said on Monday, showing a rare crack in solidarity among processors and the country’s dairy farmers. The Class 7 pricing agreement, struck […]

By Rod Nickel

Saputo to build new Vancouver-area processing plant

Jun. 14, 2018 at 3:00 am CDT

Canadian dairy giant Saputo plans on further “maximizing its manufacturing footprint” in Canada in the next few years, starting with a new $240 million Vancouver-area processing plant at Port Coquitlam. The “state-of-the-art” plant is expected to be built within the next three years and commissioned in fiscal 2021, the company […]

By Staff

Australia clears Saputo’s Murray Goulburn takeover

Apr. 3, 2018 at 7:36 pm CDT

Reuters — Australia’s competition regulator on Wednesday approved a planned $1 billion takeover of the country’s largest dairy processor, Murray Goulburn Co-operative, by Canada’s Saputo. The deal, which Australia’s largest dairy processor says is key to its survival, was approved after Saputo agreed to sell a milk plant in Victoria […]

By Reuters

Saputo woos Australia farmers in Murray Goulburn rebuild

Nov. 2, 2017 at 4:31 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Saputo, one of Canada’s largest dairy producers, aims to return Australia’s Murray Goulburn Co-operative to profit by aggressively pursuing more of the country’s milk supply, its CEO said on Thursday. The Montreal-based company agreed last week to buy the co-operative for C$1.3 billion including debt, and […]