Suiza Dairy
Suiza Dairy is a Puerto Rican milk products brand. Its general manager, as of October 2023, is Pablo Fernando Vallejo Ruiz.[1][2] Their major competitors in the island are Tres Monjitas Dairy. The company also produces juice, fruit drinks, and other lactose products.
History
[edit]Suiza Dairy was established in 1942.[3] In 2018, the company opened a plant in the northwestern Puerto Rican city of Aguadilla, for $40,000,000 (40 million) United States dollars. This plant is expected to make the brand $8,000,000 United States dollars per year between 2018 and 2038, thus bringing in a gross profit of about $120,000,000 United States dollars by the end of that period. On June 28, 2024, the company partially closed its operations and laid off 483 employees. [1]
Lawsuits
[edit]The company and its rivals Tres Monjitas have been involved in litigations. On July 4, 2004, the companies filed a related case against Luis Rivera Cubano, then Puerto Rico's Secretary of Agriculture, and Juan R. Pedro Giordan, the Administrator of the Office of Milk Industry Regulatory Administration of Puerto Rico.[4]
In late 2009, they were also co-appellees in another case.[5]
In 2014, they both filed a suit against Myrna Comas Pagan, who, like Luis Rivera Cubano before, was then the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b VOCERO, Yaritza Rivera Clemente, EL (June 13, 2018). "Suiza Dairy "planta" VIDA en Aguadilla". El Vocero de Puerto Rico.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Martínez Dairy: una vaquería local que alimenta a Puerto Rico". Metro Puerto Rico. August 6, 2016.
- ^ "About". www.suizadairy.com.
- ^ "VAQUERIA TRES MONJITAS, INC. v. Rivera Cubano, 341 F. Supp. 2d 69 (D.P.R. 2004)". Justia Law.
- ^ "Monjitas v. Irizarry, 587 F.3d 464 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
- ^ "Vaqueria Tres Monjitas, Inc. v. Pagan, 748 F.3d 21 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
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