Focus: Schreiber Foods deal part of Dean Foods' debt battle

By: Michelle Russell | 12 January 2011

The news this week that Dean Foods has sold its customer-brand yoghurt busines in the US comes as little surprise, given the turbulent year the country's largest dairy processor has just experienced - and its decision to re-shape its business.

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The news this week that Dean Foods has sold its customer-brand yoghurt busines in the US comes as little surprise, given the turbulent year the country's largest dairy processor has just experienced - and its decision to re-shape its business.

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