Category Archives: Premium Brand Cheese

Information about Premium Brand Cheese in Tillamook, Oregon in the 1960s. It was made by TC&DA and competed with County Creamery Association’s cheeses.

Logo of Tillamook Cheese & Dairy

Logo of Tillamook Cheese & Dairy

Tillamook Cheese and Dairy Association formed in January 1962 from two cooperatives: Grade A Shippers Association and Tillamook Cheese Association. During the Cheese War, TCDA was an alternative to Tillamook County Creamery Association. As a result of a lawsuit against TCCA, TCDA ran the large cheese factory, where it produced Premium Brand Tillamook Cheese between… READ MORE

Timeline, 1967

Cheese War   Timeline     1967   Event Date Event Source (See key below.)       2-1967 At its annual membership meeting, Cheese & Dairy officials reported that sales had exceeded $3 million and monthly earnings had increased.   Winning awards at the Oregon Dairy Industries contest were cheesemakers Dean Daggett, Ron Jones,… READ MORE

Timeline, 1966

Cheese War   Timeline     1966   Event Date Event Source (See key below.)       2-20-1966 Annual meetings of competing Tillamook dairy cooperatives were held on the third Saturday in February.   Gathering at the Fairview Grange were about 125 members of Cheese and Dairy, which had merged with Red Clover at… READ MORE

Timeline, 1965

Cheese War   Timeline     1965   Event Date Event Source (See key below.) 4-12-1965 to 4-16-1965   County Creamery filed a $10 million antitrust suit against Cheese & Dairy, along with a $10 million antitrust suit against Red Clover. Earlier, Cheese & Dairy and Red Clover asked for a combined $8.4 million in… READ MORE

Timeline, 1964

Cheese War   Timeline     1964   Event Date Event Source (See key below.)       1-27-1964       Cheese & Dairy sought an injunction in federal court that would order County Creamery to stop threatening legal action against dealers who handle Premium Brand cheese. Cheese & Dairy said that County Creamery… READ MORE

Timeline, 1963

Cheese War   Timeline       1963     Event Date Event Source (See key below.)           1-1963 and 2-1963       A dairy stabilization law for the Portland milkshed was drafted by an Oregon Dairymen’s Association committee headed by George Milne, president of Tillamook Cheese & Dairy. The… READ MORE

Two Groups, One Roof

Two Groups, One Roof

During most of the Cheese War, Cheese & Dairy and County Creamery co-existed at the large Tillamook cheese factory. A judge had ordered that each cooperative could use the space so they shared equipment and production rooms. This schematic, developed for use in a later lawsuit, noted that an area marked with jagged lines was… READ MORE

Foremost Begins Marketing Premium Brand Cheese

Foremost Begins Marketing Premium Brand Cheese

In September 1965, Cheese & Dairy announced that Foremost Dairies would age and market Premium Brand cheese products. The amicable arrangement lasted through March 1967, when Cheese & Dairy repurchased its inventory so it could provide a greater return to its members. By then, Cheese & Dairy was looking for every possible financial advantage to… READ MORE

Large Cheese Produced for California Market

Large Cheese Produced for California Market

In an early example of successful marketing of its Premium Brand, Cheese & Dairy sold a 10,000 pound wheel of cheese to a California grocery store. From left: Vern Lucas, George Milne, Bass Tone, and store owners. (Photo credit: Headlight Herald, March 22, 1964 READ MORE

1964 Cheese & Dairy Ad

1964 Cheese & Dairy Ad

In this ad, the front of the Tillamook cheese factory was envisioned with the name of the owner of its cheese-making equipment written along the roof edge. However, the lettering wasn’t added. Inside the factory, Cheese & Dairy produced Premium Brand Cheese. (Credit: Headlight-Herald) READ MORE