Project Description
Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc., (revenue $2 billion+) and its subsidiaries manufacture and distribute a full spectrum of ice cream and frozen dessert products. Brands of frozen dessert products currently manufactured or distributed by Dreyer’s in the United States include Grand, Slow Churned™ Light, Häagen-Dazs®, Nestlé® Drumstick®, Nestlé Crunch®, Butterfinger®, Toll House®, Carnation®, Dibs™, Push-Up®, Dole®, Homemade, Fruit Bars, Starbucks®, The Skinny Cow®, and Skinny Carb Bar™.
The company’s premium products are marketed under the Dreyer’s brand name throughout the western states and Texas, and under the Edy’s name throughout the remainder of the United States. Internationally, the Dreyer’s brand extends to select markets in the Far East and the Edy’s brand extends to the Caribbean and South America.
Dreyer’s had embarked upon an exciting company-wide initiative focused on continuous improvement, known internally as GAPP – Growth And Profitability to Pre-eminence, at just about the time Nestle was negotiating, and eventually completed, its purchase of the company.
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Matt Parkey
Vice President, Profit Improvement Initiatives, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream; Vice President Productivity, Coca-Cola