HP Hood LLC is an American dairy company based in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.

Hood
was founded in 1846 in Charlestown, Massachusetts by Harvey Perley Hood. Recent
company acquisitions by HP Hood have expanded its reach from predominantly New
England to the broader United States. Today, the company has an annual sales
revenue of about $2.2 billion.

Hood Blimp - 2005

From 1980 to 1995, HP Hood was owned by Agway. That year, the company was acquired
by current CEO John A. Kaneb.[1][2] HP Hood is an independently owned, private
company and is listed at #216 on the Forbes "America's Largest Private Companies
2018" list.[3]

Contents
1 Acquisitions
2 Brands
2.1 Current brands
2.2 Former brands
3 Products
4 Iconography
5 Sponsors/Partnerships
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Acquisitions
In 2004, the company acquired Crowley Foods, based in Binghamton, New York; and
Kemps, based in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2007, HP Hood acquired Crystal Cream and
Butter Company,[4] based in Sacramento, California, shortly selling it to Foster
Farms Dairy. In 2008, they acquired the ice cream business of Brigham's Ice Cream,
[5] based in Arlington, Massachusetts. These acquisitions effectively expanded the
company's reach from New England and New York to the broader United States.

Brands
Current brands
Hood
Simply Smart
Calorie Countdown
Crowley Foods (portion of assets licensed to Balford Farms in 2014)[6]
Heluva Good!
Axelrod Foods
M. Maggio Company
Penn Maid Foods
Booth Brothers Dairy
Green's Ice Cream
Brigham's Ice Cream
Hagan Ice Cream
Planet Oat
Lactaid (brand of McNeil Nutritionals, LLC produced by HP Hood since 1997)[7]
Hershey's milk and milkshakes (brand of The Hershey Company produced by HP Hood
since 2010)[8]
Blue Diamond Almond Breeze (brand of Blue Diamond Growers produced by HP Hood since
2008)[9]
Southern Comfort Eggnog
Note: A news source from Binghamton, New York mentions that Balford Farms of
Burlington, New Jersey purchased the rights to Crowley Foods in 2014. Another
source states that Balford Farms is a part-owner, having only a portion of the
assets. According to the history section on the Crowley Foods website, as of 2017,
it mentions that their products are still part of the HP Hood line of brands.
Balford Farms took over the former warehouse and distribution center for Crowley
Foods in 2014.

Former brands
Kemps (sold to Dairy Farmers of America in 2011)[10]
Goodrich Ice Cream
Rosenberger's Dairy (sold to Balford Farms in 2014)[11]
Rosenberger's Dairy Wagon
Products
Milk
Cottage Cheese
Sour Cream
Cream
Ice Cream
Eggnog
Frozen Novelties
Frozen Yogurt
Juice and Drinks
Calorie Countdown�
Simply Smart� Milk
Hoodsie Cups
Iconography

H.P. Hood & Sons delivery wagon on display at the Owl's Head Museum
HP Hood is a New England icon and their name and logo are well known. The smoke
stack marked "Hoods Milk" at their former facility near Sullivan Square,
Charlestown remains a landmark. The 20-acre facility is being redeveloped as a
mixed residential-commercial campus called the "Hood Park".[12][13]

The company ran a highway safety campaign called Hood Samaritan (see Good
Samaritan) circa 1960, that was later taken over[14] by the CVS Pharmacy chain.

At Boston Children's Museum, the outdoor ice cream stand takes the form of a large
Hood Milk Bottle. The Hood blimp often appears at sport and cultural events (most
often Red Sox home games above Boston, and the Eastern States Exposition in
October). The Hood blimp made news on September 26, 2006 when it crashed in a
wooded area near Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.[15]

The Hoodsie cup, a small cardboard cup of ice cream, is an iconic product;[16] the
term "Hoodsie" is occasionally cited as a shibboleth of the Boston-area dialect.
[17]

A United States Supreme Court case, H.P. Hood and Sons v. DuMond, was decided in
the Hood Company's favor, in which the State of New York was prevented from
withholding a license to acquire milk produced in New York, and sold in
Massachusetts, based on the dormant commerce clause limitations on state
intervention in interstate commerce.

The company and their logo served as somewhat of an inspiration to the popular
Phish tune "Harry Hood".[18][19]

Sponsors/Partnerships
United Way
The Jimmy Fund
The Red Sox Foundation
The Massachusetts ProStart
Feeding America
Birthday Wishes
Boston Children's Museum
Children's Museum & Theatre
See also
John A. Kaneb
References
AGWAY OFFICIAL MUM ON H.P. HOOD MERGER
Agway sells H.P. Hood
"HP Hood on the Forbes America's Largest Private Companies List". Forbes.
Retrieved 2019-05-22.
[1] Archived February 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
"Brigham's can't beat the heat; assets go to 2 buyers - The Boston Globe".
Boston.com. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
Binghamton.com, Balford Farms Buys Crowley's (September 26, 2014), Retrieved Feb.
6, 2015.
HP Hood LLC (Lactaid Brands), Retrieved Mar. 12, 2015.
Hershey's Milk and Milkshakes - Hershey's Milk and Milkshakes Announces Product
Line Expansion (January 29, 2013), Retrieved Apr. 23, 2015.
Sacramento Business Journal - New owners whip up work at old Crystal Cream plant
by Melanie Turner (June 29, 2012), Retrieved Apr. 23, 2015.
Kansas City Business Journal, Dairy Farmers of America Will Become Owner of Kemps
(April 15, 2011), Retrieved Feb. 6, 2015.
WBNG Channel 12 Action News, Conklin Dairy Distribution Center Staying Open by
Anna Norris (September 26, 2014) Archived February 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine,
Retrieved Feb. 6, 2015.
"Site Plan", Hood Park, [2]
Tom Acitelli, "Hood Park's first residential component officially underway: 177
apartments", Curbed Boston October 18, 2017 [3]
"Web Page Under Construction". Cvssamaritan.com. Archived from the original on
2012-04-02. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
"Hood Blimp Crashes North Of Boston | WCVB Home - WCVB Home".
Thebostonchannel.com. 2006-09-26. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
Retrieved 2012-10-17.
. The New York Times. 1997-08-10 https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/10/us/the-city-
that-worships-ice-cream-in-all-flavors.html. Retrieved 2014-09-23. Missing or empty
|title= (help)
"Committed to his colloquialisms". The Boston Globe. 2012-04-11. Retrieved 2014-
09-23.
"Frequently Asked Questions". Phish.net. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01.
Retrieved 2012-10-17.
The Phish Companion: A Guide to the Band and Their Music - Mockingbird Foundation,
Tom Marshall - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
External links
Hood.com (Official Website)
Booth Brothers Dairy
Lactaid
HP Hood Manufacturing
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