Talk:HP Hood

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Major dairy producer in the NE US. --Jeremy ( Blah blah... ) 05:13, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

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HP Hood LLC is a U.S. dairy producer and distributor based in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.

Harvey Perley Hood founded HP Hood in 1846 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. It grew from a single-man milk delivery service to a wholesale milk business that by 1906 supplied 120,000 quarts of milk a day, sourced from nearly two thousand New England farms. The company continued to add products as well, entering the ice cream business in 1900. By the time the Hood trademark was first registered in 1957, products included milk, cream, eggnog, ice cream and frozen confections

HP Hood was bought by agricultural supply cooperative Agway in 1980. Agway had no prior experience running a dairy processing business and sold Hood to the family of current CEO John A. Kaneb in 1995 after less-than-projected returns. HP Hood currently operates as a subsidiary of Catamount Dairy Holdings LP, based in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Beginning in 2004, acquisitions expanded HP Hood’s reach from predominantly New England to nationwide. Today HP Hood operates 12 manufacturing plants, including four facilities producing extended-shelf-life (ESL) dairy and non-dairy beverages. As of 2015, HP Hood had annual sales revenues of approximately $2 billion, up from approximately $600 million when the Kaneb family acquired it.

Contents

 * 1) 	Early History
 * 2) 	Acquisitions
 * 3) 	Manufacturing
 * 4) 	Products
 * 5) 	Brands
 * 6) 	Iconography
 * 7) 	Philanthropy
 * 8) 	Awards
 * 9) 	See also
 * 10) 	References
 * 11) 	External links

Early History
Harvey Perley (H.P.) Hood began his business in 1846 with a one-man milk route in the Boston suburb of Charlestown. In 1850 he and his wife moved to Derry, N.H. where he continued to drive milk to Charlestown by wagon. By 1856 the railway lines reached Derry and Hood recognized a larger opportunity: using the newly extended railway lines to supply Boston with rural New Hampshire dairy products. He began using refrigerated (ice cooled) rail cars to carry cans of New Hampshire-produced milk to Boston twice a day. Hood bought his own farm in Derry in 1858 and named it Hoodkroft, producing his own milk in addition to distributing the milk of other farmers. Eventually, the farm not only housed a milking herd and raised its own grass and hay to feed the cattle, it became the hub of a Derry dairy operation that included a creamery; an icehouse (that stored ice blocks cut from nearby Hood Pond and transported via a steam-powered conveyor belt); and its own generating plant and private railroad siding. Hood was the first New England milk producer to employ pasteurization and was an early adopter of using sterilized glass milk bottles (1896). The company also introduced safety standards for dairy farmers who supplied milk to them, specifying that the milk be kept below a certain temperature. At the time these practices made Hood milk more expensive than its competitors, but enabled the company to emphasize safety and purity in their advertising. This was a focus of their marketing from the early 1900s and the basis of their trademarked slogan “You can feel good about Hood.”.

Acquisitions
The acquisitions of Booth Brothers Dairy (1997), Crowley Foods (2004) and Brigham's Ice Cream (2008) expanded the company's footprint within New England and then extended it nationwide.

Manufacturing
HP Hood has 12 manufacturing plants in the U.S. that produce and package Hood-owned and licensed brands, as well as private label and co-packed brands. Their operations pasteurize milk and juices using both ultra-high temperature and high temperature/short time processes; produce cultured products such as Greek yogurt and sour cream; make ice cream and flavored coffee creamers; cut and package cheeses; and produce shelf-stable (aseptic) dairy and non-dairy beverages.

Products

 * Dairy Beverages, including Milk, Flavored Milk, Buttermilk and Eggnog
 * Non-Dairy Beverages
 * Cream and Creamer
 * Cottage Cheese
 * Sour Cream
 * Yogurt
 * Ice Cream and Frozen Novelties
 * Juices and Drinks
 * Dips

Brands developed by HP Hood:

 * Simply Smart Milk, fortified with additional calcium and protein, was introduced in 1999.
 * Calorie Countdown reduced carbohydrate milk was originally launched as Carb Countdown in 2004.

Brands acquired by HP Hood:

 * Booth Brothers Dairy
 * Crowley Foods
 * Axelrod Foods
 * Hagan Ice Cream
 * Heluva Good!
 * Penn Maid Foods
 * M. Maggio Company
 * Green’s Ice Cream
 * Brigham’s Ice Cream

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Brands licensed and produced by HP Hood:   =====


 * Lactaid
 * Southern Comfort Egg Nog
 * Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Almondmilk
 * Hershey's Milk and Milkshakes
 * BAILEYS Coffee Creamers

Iconography
The HP Hood name and logo are well known in New England and have become part of the local lexicon:

Hoodsie Cups (also known as “Hoodsies”)
Introduced by Hood in 1947, the Hoodsie Cup is a 3 oz paper cup of half vanilla and half chocolate ice cream that comes with a short, hourglass shaped piece of wood to be used as a spoon.

Hood Blimp
Through 2014, the Hood blimp often appeared at summertime Boston sports and cultural events (most often Red Sox home games). The Hood blimp made news on September 26, 2006 when it crashed in a wooded area near Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.

Hood Milk Bottle at the Boston Children’s Museum
Built in 1934, this 40 foot tall, 15,000 lb replica milk bottle was originally used by a local entrepreneur to sell ice cream on Rte 44 in Taunton, MA. In 1977 it was purchased by Hood, renovated, and sailed to its current location at the Children’s Museum via barge, where it serves as an ice cream bar and snack stand.

Harry Hood
HP Hood’s 1980s advertising campaign, featuring animated character Harry Hood, served as part of the inspiration for the Phish tune "Harry Hood."

Philanthropy

 * Hood Milk Sportsmanship Scholarship Program
 * Red Sox Foundation and HP Hood Partnership to Support Massachusetts Little League
 * Birthday Wishes CakeWalkTM Sponsor
 * Boston Children’s Museum Donor
 * Children’s Museum and Theater of Maine Donor
 * Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl Sponsor (Brigham’s)
 * United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley Donor

Awards

 * International Dairy Foods Association Sustainability Innovation Award
 * Dairy Foods Magazine Processor of the Year

--23.30.155.169 (talk) 15:15, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

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