Dean Foods

American food company
Organization business Q645072
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Dean Foods

Summary

Dean Foods is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,924 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dean Foods is in the country of United States[3].
  • Dean Foods is in the country of US[4].
  • Dean Foods's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Dean Foods's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • Dean Foods's headquarters location is recorded as Dallas[7].
  • Dean Foods's child organization or unit is recorded as Purity Dairies[8].
  • Dean Foods's child organization or unit is recorded as Garelick Farms[9].
  • Dean Foods's child organization or unit is recorded as Mayfield Dairy[10].
  • Dean Foods's child organization or unit is recorded as Meadow Gold Dairies[11].
  • Dean Foods's child organization or unit is recorded as Friendly's[12].
  • Dean Foods's child organization or unit is recorded as T. G. Lee Dairy[13].
  • Dean Foods's child organization or unit is recorded as Tuscan Dairy Farms[14].
  • Dean Foods's Commons category is recorded as Dean Foods[15].
  • Dean Foods's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[16].
  • Dean Foods's industry is recorded as food industry[17].
  • January 1, 1925 marks the founding of Dean Foods[18].
  • Dean Foods's official website is recorded as https://www.deanfoods.com/[19].
  • Dean Foods's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/dean-foods-company-history/[20].
  • Dean Foods's product or material produced is recorded as milk[21].
  • Dean Foods's product or material produced is recorded as chocolate milk[22].
  • Dean Foods's product or material produced is recorded as butter[23].
  • Dean Foods's product or material produced is recorded as juice[24].
  • Dean Foods's product or material produced is recorded as sour cream[25].
  • Dean Foods's product or material produced is recorded as evaporated milk[26].
  • Dean Foods's product or material produced is recorded as cheese[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5RGFDMYH829UYJH0KY29[28]

  • Registered legal name: Dean Foods Company[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-09-20[35]

  • LEI last updated: 2023-08-04[36]

  • LEI next renewal: 2020-03-18[37]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[38]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[39]

  • Authority entity ID: 2434587[40]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[41]

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Founding

January 1, 1925 marks the founding of Dean Foods[18].

Operations

Dean Foods's headquarters location is recorded as Dallas[7]. Subsidiaries include Purity Dairies[8], a business[42], founded in 1926[43], headquartered in Nashville[44]; Garelick Farms[9], a company[45], in United States[46], founded in 1931[47]; Mayfield Dairy[10], a business[48], in United States[49], founded in 1923[50], headquartered in Athens[51]; Meadow Gold Dairies[11], a company[52], founded in 1897[53], headquartered in Honolulu[54]; Friendly's[12], a business[55], in United States[56], founded in 1935[57], headquartered in Wilbraham[58]; and T. G. Lee Dairy[13], a business[59], in United States[60], founded in 1925[61].

Industry

Dean Foods's industry is recorded as food industry[17].

Ownership

Dean Foods's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[16]. Products include milk[21], chocolate milk[22], butter[23], juice[24], sour cream[25], and evaporated milk[26].

Why It Matters

Dean Foods ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,924 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
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  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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