Sep 12, 2024 | Lamers Dairy News
Lamers Dairy in Appleton, WI, has received two first place awards in the prestigious World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product contest. The competition celebrates product quality and the innovation and dedication of dairy producers and processors worldwide.
Lamers Dairy Dairyland’s Best 1% Lowfat Chocolate Milk scored an impressive 99.88 to secure the first place recognition in the Lowfat Chocolate Milk (1%) category. Lamers Dairy is the only Wisconsin-based brand to rank in the top three in this product category with the second place winner in California and third place winner in Iowa.
Lamers Dairy’s Whole White Milk received a 99.81 score in the Open Class Pasteurized Milk class to take home the top place in this category. Again, Lamers Dairy is the only Wisconsin dairy processor in this class, beating out processing companies in Indiana and Pennsylvania.
Hosted by the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association (WDPA) in its 21st year of competition, the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Products contest recognizes 93 classes of dairy, bringing together the best of the best among milk, cheese, butter, ice cream and more. Each entry is carefully judged by a panel of dairy experts to showcase the finest products and craftsmanship in the industry.
“Thanks to all the hardworking farm families who supply Lamers Dairy with high-quality milk to allow us to achieve this award,” shared Mark Lamers, President of Lamers Dairy. “And, thank you to all our dedicated employees for their continued efforts to ensure that we can continue to supply our customers with the best dairy products possible. We are truly blessed to be able to continue our mission to serve the people of Wisconsin and surrounding states. God’s blessing to all.”
Lamers Dairy, along with all other first, second and third place winners within each class, will be honored at the World Dairy Expo in Madison on October 1, 2024.
Jun 12, 2024 | Lamers Dairy News
(WFRV)- Celebrate June Dairy Month with a tasty treat that gives back to the community.
Lamers Dairy is giving back to the community with 50¢ ice cream cones. The proceeds benefit the St. Joseph Food Program. You can also donate blood and receive a pint of Lamers Dairy Dairyland’s Best milk, orange juice, or soft serve ice cream.
Lamers Dairy is located at N410 Speel School Road in Appleton.
For more information, head to lamersdairyinc.com.
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Jun 3, 2024 | Lamers Dairy News
Proceeds from Cones for a Cause will benefit St. Joseph Food Program in the Fox Cities
Lamers Dairy in Appleton, WI, is proud to bring back its Cones for a Cause program during June Dairy Month. Committed to giving back to the local community, Lamers Dairy will donate proceeds from the 2024 Cones for a Cause campaign to St. Joseph Food Program which helps local Fox Valley families in need.
In celebration of June Dairy Month, from June 1 to June 30, small soft serve ice cream cones will be discounted to 50-cents each (cash only) at the Lamers Dairy Country Store on Speel School Road in Appleton. Lamers Dairy’s delicious soft serve ice cream is made with their award-winning rBGH-free milk and cream produced from local family farms in Northeast Wisconsin, all within 30 miles of the dairy.
“Proceeds from our Cones for a Cause program will support St. Joe’s, a program we believe in and are grateful for right here in our community,” said Mark Lamers, President, Lamers Dairy. “Serving the people of the Fox Valley – our very own neighbors – and giving back to the community is at the heart of what we do.”
June Dairy Month began in 1937 as a national campaign to promote drinking milk and has since become an annual month-long tradition to recognize and honor the dairy industry.
The Cones for a Cause program will be part of a lineup of other activities and store promotions happening at Lamers Dairy throughout the month of June. Stop by the Lamers Dairy Country Store – located at N410 Speel School Road in Appleton, Wisconsin, for these upcoming events (and to grab a soft serve ice cream cone or two!):
- Cones for a Cause – $.50 soft serve ice cream cones from June 1 to June 30, 2024 at the Lamers Dairy Country Store.
- Proceeds benefit St. Joseph Food Program.
- “Pint for a Pint” Blood Drive with the Community Blood Center – Tuesday, June 11, 2024
- 1:00 to 4:30 PM
- In the Lamers Dairy Country Store parking lot – N410 Speel School Road, Appleton, WI – Look for the big Community Blood Center bus!
- Register to donate blood here: https://donate.communityblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/39919
- Donors receive a voucher for a pint of Lamers Dairy Dairyland’s Best milk, orange juice or soft serve ice cream.
- Wild Grounds Coffee Trailer & Haen Meats Brat Fry – Thursday, June 13, 2024
- Coffee Trailer: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Haen Meats Bray Fry: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- In the Lamers Dairy Country Store parking lot – N410 Speel School Road, Appleton, WI
- Wild Grounds Coffee Trailer & Haen Meats Brat Fry – Friday, June 14, 2024
- Coffee Trailer: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Haen Meats Bray Fry: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- In the Lamers Dairy Country Store parking lot – N410 Speel School Road, Appleton, WI
- Wild Grounds Coffee Trailer & Haen Meats Brat Fry – Saturday, June 15, 2024
- Coffee Trailer: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Haen Meats Bray Fry: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- In the Lamers Dairy Country Store parking lot – N410 Speel School Road, Appleton, WI
- Wild Grounds Coffee Trailer – Friday, June 21, 2024
- 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- In the Lamers Dairy Country Store parking lot – N410 Speel School Road, Appleton, WI
Mar 18, 2024 | Lamers Dairy News
Customers can enjoy traditional holiday eggnog for the upcoming Easter holiday
Lamers Dairy in Appleton, WI, is eager to share the limited release of a classic holiday favorite, eggnog. Just in time for the upcoming Easter holiday, Lamers Dairy is introducing a special run of their well-loved product for customers to enjoy.
Available in half gallons, Lamers Dairy Dairyland’s Best Easter Eggnog will be available directly at our on-site Lamers Dairy Country Store in Appleton and available at select retailers in the region like Woodman’s, Festival Foods and Piggly Wiggly store locations, among other retailers.
The delicious traditional holiday eggnog features hints of nutmeg paired with farm fresh rBGH-free milk.
Lamers Dairy has proudly never bottled milk containing rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormones) artificial hormones. These artificial hormones stimulate the cows to produce more milk. Through additional quality testing, and a required notarized affidavit signed by farmers, Lamers Dairy offers a higher quality, more consistent product.
“Customers near and far have come to love our regular eggnog so we thought offering it during the Easter holiday is another way for them to enjoy it around their family table this upcoming holiday,” shared Mark Lamers, President, Lamers Dairy.
Customers can visit the Lamers Dairy Country Store at N410 Speel School Road in Appleton off of Highway 441 and College Avenue (CE) to find Easter Eggnog for a limited time. The store is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Jan 15, 2024 | Lamers Dairy News
APPLETON, Wis. — Wisconsin has lost 64,000 dairy farms in the last five decades, according to the Wisconsin State Farmer. The future of Wisconsin’s dairy production may be under some pressure, but one dairy in northeast Wisconsin is celebrating more than a century in business.
What You Need To Know
- Since 1913, five generations of the Lamers family have provided the highest quality dairy products to families in Wisconsin and beyond
- Customers can watch their milk being processed at the Appleton dairy farm
- Lamers trademark glass bottled milk is the customers favorite product
- 10,000 plastic bottles and 5,000 glass bottles roll off the assembly line daily
Mark Lamers is the President of Lamers Dairy. Lamers said milk has always been a part of his life. He said Lamers Dairy started when his great-grandfather Jacob Lamers sold his first cans of milk to families in Kimberly, Wisconsin in 1913. Three generations later, Lamers said he was working on his family’s dairy farm.
“I grew up in a family of eight kids. And at one point in the other, everybody in the family worked here, whether it was on the weekends, or they did it for their full-time job,” Mark Lamers said.
The cans eventually gave way to glass bottles. The milk is also no longer processed in the countryside. Lamers said he brought the dairy to customers in Appleton.
“When we built the facility here, we said it’d be nice for our customers to be able to come in and see the milk being bottled. Then they can watch the milk, go right to the filling machines right in your cooler, and buy that same milk right off our store shelf,” Lamers said.
Ten thousand plastic gallons and five thousand glass bottles of milk roll off the assembly lines daily.
Eric McGuire has worked at Lamers for 18 years. He’s currently the vice president of business operations. McGuire said the Lamers trademark glass bottle is a customer favorite.
“They are just a little bit more sustainable. Our customers number one liked the way the product tasted and the glass better,” Eric McGuire said.
It’s no surprise that there’s another popular product at Lamers Dairy.
“Our cheese boxes which you can find in our retail store. We do about 3000 cheese boxes a year,” McGuire said.
While milk may be the golden ticket, Lamers said patience and keeping his shelves stocked with other high-quality dairy products has helped them in business for more than a century.
“A slow steady growth is what my father always taught us growing up in the business and never put too much into one one source,” Lamers said.
Lamers said he’s thankful he’s part of continuing a business started 110 years ago.
“It’s quite an accomplishment that Lamers is a family business that my great grandfather started. There’s not a lot of people that can say that. Being blessed with our operation and what we do, how we do things. It’s been a great joy to do that and we hope we can continue that going forward,” Lamers said.
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Jan 11, 2024 | Lamers Dairy News
(WFRV) – This week we celebrated “National Milk Day” in honor of the day the first glass bottled milk was delivered to customers.
Lamers Dairy in Appleton still uses glass to package some of its products. They source milk from farms within 30 miles of their plant.
The company is celebrating a milestone 110 years in business.
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