Smith Dairy Products Company

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Smith Dairy Products Company
Trading name Smith's Dairy
Formerly called Schmid Dairy, Smith Bros. Diary, Smith's Dairy
Type Dairy Products
Industry Manufacturing
Predecessor(s) Purchased City Dairy (1908)
Founded Orrville, Ohio (January 1, 1909 (1909-01-01))
Headquarters Orrville, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 1
Key people Mike Schmid (CEO)
Parent Dairy Enterprises Incorporated
Website smithdairy.com

Historical documents

  • Wooster, Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 102.

Slogans

  • "Milk Flows As a River of Health Through the Sparkling Smith Dairy Plant"

Timeline

  • 1908 - Peter Schmid & John Jacob Schmid, purchased City Dairy in Orrville from Cyrus Walter, "receiving a two horses, two wagons, some milk bottles and cans, and a hand (operated) ice cream freezer." [1]
  • 1909 - January 1, opened "Dairy"
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Newspaper articles

References

  1. "Our First Century" edited by Susan Darby, designed by Susan Breen, Smith Dairy Products Company, 2009, p. 9.