Producing
24,000 gallons of milk per hour, this new dairy process and distribution facility
is one of the largest dairy plants in the United States. It incorporates state-of-the-art
technology and positions Santee Dairies as the “low cost producer”
with dairy industry leaders.
An example of this technology is the paletteless automated storage and retrieval
system, which has the capability of reducing labor in the cooler load-out
area by as much as 50 percent. Santee Dairy has been featured at worldwide
food expositions as the technology leader in innovative dairy processing and
distribution of product.