About Us:
FY2011 MISSION STATEMENT
The St. Albans Cooperative Creamery is a member-governed dairy cooperative committed to providing service, stable markets and the greatest achievable return to our members by delivering the highest quality milk, milk products and services to our customers.
The Cooperative provides active leadership in the dairy industry and political environment to benefit all dairy farmers.
We are committed to growing with our customers to meet their changing needs and to providing our members with the services necessary to produce high quality milk. Fiscal responsibility and integrity are our core values. The Cooperative has a history of consistent profitability and fair dealing, offering all members access to programs, benefits and incentive on the same terms.
The St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, Inc. was established in 1919 to give dairy farmers a reliable market and fair price for their product. More than 80 years later, we are the largest dairy cooperative in Vermont, processing and marketing over three million pounds of milk each day from approximately 463 member farms. The mission of providing members with a guaranteed, year round market for their milk at fair prices remains unchanged.
Over 8 Decades of Profitability
The Cooperative has a long standing tradition of fiscal responsibility and has posted profits yearly since 1919. Facilities and equipment are nearly debt free. The Cooperative has recently financed the purchase and installation of new cream and milk silos. The Cooperative finances the majority of its operations and member programs from profits and members' investments.
FY2011 MANAGEMENT POLICY
With our mission statement as the framework for our management policy, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery commits to operating a quality management system certified to the SQF 2000 code and to continually improving the system’s effectiveness.
Management objectives established to implement this policy are employee safety, food safety, profitability, product quality, regulatory compliance and customer satisfaction.
It is Senior Management’s obligation and commitment to provide the tools and training necessary for employees to meet their responsibilities in achieving these objectives.
This policy serves as our operational vision and strategy to meet the needs and expectations of our valued customers and business partners.
The Cooperative operates a highly efficient "straight - line" manufacturing facility with the ability to separate milk; process cream, skim and skim condensed milk; and dry milk to powder. This enables us to meet rapidly changing market demands. The milk received and processed at our facility is rBST free. Our FDA approved laboratory conducts product testing to help farmers achieve and maintain high quality standards.