Area school officials say they are not concerned about the ability to supply local children despite the abrupt closing of a Waukesha milk processing plant over the weekend.
When employees of , some people were worried about the ability of school districts to obtain milk for students.
A school official for the Slinger School District told Today’s TMJ4 that schools there will run out of milk by Wednesday.
However, officials at several school districts in the Milwaukee area say they don't envision problems with having milk for their students.
The Waukesha School District will have milk on hand as schools start for the week on Monday. “Our food service company will get it from another company,” said Superintendent Todd Gray.
“We have worked it out for Greenfield and the co-op we belong to,” said Greenfield Superintendent Conrad Farner. “We are getting milk from another distributor and already received our deliveries this morning. There will be some sorting out to do over the next few days, but as of now our services should not be interrupted.”
The Elmbrook School District is part of that same co-op, so the schools in Brookfield and Elm Grove will not have a milk shortage. Elmbrook Food and Nutrition Director Cheryl Piel said resolving the issue is "very important" because milk is a component of the federal lunch program.
"We have to offer it. We can't just say, 'Have water today,'" Piel said. "The only difference may be the color of the cartons."
The Muskego School District, which already gets its milk from Dean Foods, is not worried about supply. Same for the Port Washington-Saukville School District, who already gets their milk from Kemp's, according to Superintendent Michael Weber.
Sodexo, which contracts with the Wauwatosa School District for school lunch service, purchases Kemp's milk and will not be affected by the plant closing, said company spokesman Gregory Yost.
It’s still unknown what the plant’s closing means in the long-term for Waukesha and area farmers. Waukesha Patch has left voicemails with OpenGate Capital – the investment firm that owns Golden Guernsey.
The Department of Workforce Development has not been informed of the plant’s closing.
looololo Wisconsin Senator, Herb Kohl, said that ...."If the allegations are proven to be true, the lawsuit will result in lower prices for consumers and more competitive choices for dairy farmers in Wisconsin." haha how'd that work out Kohl?
http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2010/254435.htm http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/118889899.html
1) Governor Walker's term is not over, he could not have broken his promise. 2) Governor Walker was not involved with the Kwanzaa issue. What does any of this have to do with the issue being discussed? Nothing!
GG doesn't.
I'm not a fan of Scott Walker as you know. He's not a connect-the-dots kind of guy. But it is difficult to believe, with more than 100 jobs on the line, that the state would have allowed a "sell now or else" directive to Deans without time for a thoughtful process. Seriously. There has to be more to the story.
There's a quote from AG Van Hollen in the article about "ensuring a competitive process." The fact of the matter is, that to the 100+ souls whose lives have just been plunged into a nightmare, which political party's responsibility doesn't matter. It looks like both parties have egg on their faces over this one. While it's not government's job to take over/fund business operations, there have been some examples (Amtrak, GM, etc.) where a temporary stewardship was appropriate and beneficial to U.S. citizens. Perhaps there's potential for a state/private industry partnership here, especially as so many of the dairy's clients were schools/school districts.
Finally, I don't think you're going to be able to hang this one on Walker, which no doubt will come as a gigantic disappointment to you.
The new owners had to be approved by DOJ, a judge, and had to present a long-term plan for the facility in order to be approved as new owner. Under Deans, this plant had a strong future. Now that Obama's DOJ has caused this mess the future is anyone's guess as well as the many people who are now unemployed because of this.
This is not true. By GG closing, it can no longer "compete" with Deans. What is stopping schools from purchasing their milk from Deans now. The fact is that Deans will get much of this business while 100 people lose their jobs. Government intrusion has made this situation worse.
The Stadium Tax will NEVER end, and it will only expand to provide welfare for millionaire Baseball Players, millionaire Basketball Players, and the Millionaire Owners of those teams. WHAT A RIP-OFF! Chris Abele supports extending .1% Miller Park sales tax to pay for new Bucks arena http://bloggingblue.com/2012/12/03/chris-abele-supports-extending-1-miller-park-sales-tax-to-pay-for-new-bucks-arena/ Wisconsin's very own Dairy Queen is only interested in Taxpayer Bucks for his Bucks!
Gov. Walker.
A judicial ruling and subsequent action based on presumed assumptions about market share may or may not reflect what actually happens in the market itself. Based on the information we have, we know that 100 people abruptly lost their jobs on Saturday. Any other conclusion, sans answers for the considerations I mention above for, is purely speculative.
That means the entire bulk milk production industry is one giant welfare recipient, anyway, so its success or failure is a wash for our economy (e.g. its jobs paid for with the farm "subsidies" welfare program could just be shifted over to some other welfare program). Still, you have to congratulate these guys for managing to fail at a business where nearly all your revenue is guaranteed government handouts. Kudos.