dallas, dec. 12 /prnewswire-firstcall/ -- Dean Foods Company (nyse: Df) today Announced That brad Holcomb Has Joined The Company As Senior Vice president And Chief Procurement Officer, Dairy Group.

Holcomb Joins The Company From The Turnaround Management Team At Royal group Technologies Limited (rgtl), A Leading Producer Of Polymer-based building Materials, Where He Was Senior Vice President Of Global Materials And supply. At Rgtl He Had P>l Responsibilities For Rgtls Chemicals Plants In north America And Operations In china, And Managed Procurement And Supply As well As The Overall Project Management Function For The Company.

Prior To Rgtl, Holcomb Served For Five Years As Vice President And Chief procurement Officer For Waste Management, Inc., North Americas Largest Waste disposal Company, Headquartered In houston, Texas.

"brads Experience In Building High-performance Procurement Teams And delivering World-class Results Will Help Us Further Extend The Competitive advantage We Enjoy," Said alan Bernon, President Of The Dairy Group For Dean foods.

Holcomb Previously Led Procurement And Supply Management Organizations In two Other Companies. Prior To Waste Management, Holcomb Was Vice President Of supply Chain Management At American Precision Industries (api), Headquartered in buffalo, Ny, And Was Vice President Of Global Procurement And Materials management At Praxair, Inc., Headquartered In Danbury, Ct. Holcombs Earlier career Was With Eastman Kodak Company In rochester, Ny, Where He Spent Over 20 years And Held A Broad Range Of Management Positions, Including Production control, Manufacturing, International Marketing And Sales, Product Development and Procurement. While At Kodak, He Led The Effort To Globalize Procurement By developing Worldwide Processes And Best Practices.

About Dean Foods

Dean Foods Company Is One Of The Leading Food And Beverage Companies In the united States. Its Dairy Group Division Is The Largest Processor And distributor Of 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 Companys Whitewave Foods Subsidiary Markets And Sells A variety Of Well-known Dairy And Dairy-related Products, Such As Silk(r) soymilk, Horizon Organic(r) Milk And Other Dairy Products And International delight(r) Coffee Creamers. Whitewave Foods Rachels Organic(r) Brand Is The largest Organic Milk Brand And Second Largest Organic Yogurt Brand In The united Kingdom. Dean Foods Is Also One Of The Largest Processors And distributors Of Fluid Milk In spain And portugal.

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     Marguerite Copel
     Vice President, Corporate Communications
     (214) 721-1273

     Barry Sievert
     Senior Director, Investor Relations
     (214) 303-3437

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