COMMENT: Dean Foods - when the milk goes sour

By: Dean Best | 11 May 2010

Shares in Dean Foods, the largest dairy processor in the US, curdled yesterday (10 May) after the company admitted it was facing tough trading conditions - and could not see an end in sight.

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Shares in Dean Foods, the largest dairy processor in the US, curdled yesterday (10 May) after the company admitted it was facing tough trading conditions - and could not see an end in sight.

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