Dean Foods Company
High confidence (90%)
Updated Oct 8, 2026, 12:07 AM
What is happening
Derived by rule set status-rules-2026.09.7
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
Latest material event: Creditors of Dean Foods Company reached the deadline to file claims (Mar 27, 2020)
The business
What a source says the company did. A classification is not a description of operations.
Dean Foods manufactured and distributed dairy products through 58 facilities and a refrigerated direct-to-store delivery network spanning all 50 states.
First-day declaration · page 6 · Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration
Bankruptcy information
Court records associated with this company's legal entities.
- Court
- S.D. Texas
- District
- Texas - Southern District
- Chapter
- Other
- Case status
- UNKNOWN
- Filed
- Nov 12, 2019
- Judge
- Christopher M. Lopez
- Trustee
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- Reported assets
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- Reported liabilities
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Affiliated debtors
41 affiliated entities filed with Dean Foods Company and are administered under the same case. Each filed its own petition.
- Alta-Dena Certified Dairy, LLC19-36315
- Berkeley Farms, LLC19-36320
- Cascade Equity Realty, LLC19-36323
- Dairy Information Systems Holdings, LLC19-36337
- Dairy Information Systems, LLC19-36340
- Dean Dairy Holdings, LLC19-36344
- Dean East II, LLC19-36346
- Dean East, LLC19-36347
- Dean Foods North Central, LLC19-36348
- Dean Foods of Wisconsin, LLC19-36351
- Dean Holding Company19-36354
- Dean Intellectual Property Services II, Inc.19-36355
Show the remaining 29
- Dean International Holding Company19-36316
- Dean Management, LLC19-36317
- Dean Puerto Rico Holdings, LLC19-36318
- Dean Services, LLC19-36321
- Dean Transportation, Inc.19-36324
- Dean West II, LLC19-36325
- Dean West, LLC19-36326
- DFC Aviation Services, LLC19-36327
- DFC Energy Partners, LLC19-36328
- DFC Ventures, LLC19-36330
- DGI Ventures, Inc.19-36332
- DIPS Limited Partner II19-36333
- Franklin Holdings, Inc.19-36335
- Fresh Dairy Delivery, LLC19-36336
- Friendly’s Ice Cream Holdings Corp.19-36319
- Friendly’s Manufacturing and Retail, LLC19-36322
- Garelick Farms, LLC19-36331
- Mayfield Dairy Farms, LLC19-36334
- Midwest Ice Cream Company, LLC19-36338
- Model Dairy, LLC19-36339
- Reiter Dairy, LLC19-36341
- Sampson Ventures, LLC19-36342
- Shenandoah’s Pride, LLC19-36343
- Southern Foods Group, LLC19-36313
- Steve’s Ice Cream, LLC19-36345
- Suiza Dairy Group, LLC19-36349
- Tuscan/Lehigh Dairies, Inc.19-36350
- Uncle Matt’s Organic, Inc.19-36352
- Verifine Dairy Products of Sheboygan, LLC19-36353
Timeline
Every material event, newest first. History is never overwritten.
Creditors of Dean Foods Company reached the deadline to file claims
Mar 27, 2020
Claims deadline
Southern Foods Group, LLC formerly d/b/a Dean Foods: General Bar Date. Published by Epiq, the claims and noticing agent appointed in the case.
- Epiq — claims agent case · case 19-36314 — “Southern Foods Group, LLC formerly d/b/a Dean Foods — case 19-36314 — Texas - Southern District — before Christopher M. Lopez — filed Nov 12 2019 — 43 affiliated debtors”
Dean Foods Company had its first day hearing
Nov 13, 2019
First day hearing
Southern Foods Group, LLC formerly d/b/a Dean Foods: First Day Hearing. Published by Epiq, the claims and noticing agent appointed in the case.
- Epiq — claims agent case · case 19-36314 — “Southern Foods Group, LLC formerly d/b/a Dean Foods — case 19-36314 — Texas - Southern District — before Christopher M. Lopez — filed Nov 12 2019 — 43 affiliated debtors”
Dean Foods Company filed for bankruptcy
Nov 12, 2019
Bankruptcy filed
Southern Foods Group, LLC formerly d/b/a Dean Foods filed for bankruptcy in S.D. Texas as case 19-36314 on Nov 12 2019.
- Epiq — claims agent case · case 19-36314 — “Southern Foods Group, LLC formerly d/b/a Dean Foods — case 19-36314 — Texas - Southern District — before Christopher M. Lopez — filed Nov 12 2019 — 43 affiliated debtors”
Company information
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- Retail
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- Dean Foods Company
Sources
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Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration (TIER 1 · HUMAN_VERIFIED)
Dean Foods currently operates 58 manufacturing facilities in 29 states located largely based on customer needs and other market factors, with distribution capabilities across all 50 states.
Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration (TIER 1 · UNVERIFIED)
Southern Foods Group, LLC formerly d/b/a Dean Foods — case 19-36314 — Texas - Southern District — before Christopher M. Lopez — filed Nov 12 2019 — 43 affiliated debtors
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Status history
Every derived status, with the rule that produced it.
- BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 18, 2026, 01:31 AM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
- BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 18, 2026, 01:14 AM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
- BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 15, 2026, 12:33 PM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
- BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 14, 2026, 04:46 PM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
- UNKNOWN → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 9, 2026, 09:37 PM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.