Pure Dairy partners with US cheese manufacturer Great Lakes Cheese

Headquartered in Melbourne, Pure Dairy is an organisation of thought leaders and facilitators of end-to-end dairy trade, foodservices, manufacturing and branding. The company is now partnering with US cheese manufacturer Great Lakes Cheese, which specialises in natural and processed shreds, slices, chunks and snack products.

Over the past decade, Pure Dairy has gone from being a local business to building a trading network across 72 countries and opening four international offices. The investment from Great Lakes Cheese will provide further impetus to this growth, starting with Pure Dairy’s Victorian production facility which is set to open in 2025. The company’s day-to-day operations will remain under Australian management.

Adrian Josephson, Executive Chairman of Pure Dairy, said: “The investment from Great Lakes Cheese accelerates our plans to acquire further assets and consolidate Australia’s position as one of the world’s top dairy producers.”

Great Lakes Cheese’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mark Anderson, said: “We were impressed by Pure Dairy’s existing global footprint and are excited to be part of their expansion. Their strong relationships and deep understanding of individual markets assured us that Pure Dairy are the right partner for us as we now make our very first investment outside of America.”

With easy access to dairy producers and the export hub of Port Melbourne, Pure Dairy’s new plant will encompass an R&D kitchen, manufacturing, warehousing and logistics as well as its corporate office. The facility is designed for lean manufacturing and environmental sustainability.

“The new facility will be a great asset to everyone in Australian dairy. Because although we’ll now have our own production lines, the plant will also be open to collaborative as well as white-label manufacture — and we’ll continue to serve our customers with data-driven, unbiased advice,” Josephson said.

Image caption: Adrian Josephson in front of equipment being installed at Pure Dairy’s Dandenong South facility.