Dean Foods Announces the Resignation of Cory M. Olson Senior Vice President- Finance and Treasurer

DALLAS, May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dean Foods Company announced today that Cory Olson, Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer, plans to resign from his position effective July 18, 2006, to serve as a managing partner of StoneBridge Real Estate Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm. Mr. Olson was responsible for building and maintaining relationships with the investment and banking communities and played a primary role in establishing the risk and cash management practices for Dean Foods. "Cory has been an extremely valuable member of the senior management team and an important part of our success over the last seven years," said Gregg Engles, Chairman and CEO. "We are very appreciative of his many contributions and wish him well in his new pursuit."

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Dean Foods is one of the leading food and beverage companies in the United States. Its Dairy Group is the largest processor and distributor of fresh milk and other dairy products in the country, with products sold under more than 50 familiar local and regional brands and a wide array of private labels. The company's WhiteWave Foods subsidiary is the nation's leading organic foods company. WhiteWave Foods markets and sells a variety of well-known dairy and dairy-related products, such as Silk(R) soymilk, Horizon Organic(R) dairy products and juices, International Delight(R) coffee creamers and LAND O'LAKES(R) creamers and cultured products. Dean Foods Company also owns the fourth largest dairy processor in Spain and the leading brand of organic dairy products in the United Kingdom.

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