Neilson Dairy

History

Products

• Neilson dairy products including, milk, butter, ice cream and instant puddings.
• Häagen-Dazs ice cream licence – acquired in 1981, sold to Ault Foods in 1990.
• Cadbury Confectionery Company Canadian operations – acquired in 1987, sold all confectionery and chocolate products back to British Cadbury in 1996. Neilson licenses Caramilk and Crispy Crunch-flavoured chocolate milk.
• Chocolate bars and confectionery – Jersey Milk, Mr. Big, Malted Milk, Sweet Marie and Crispy Crunch, Pep, Will-O-Pak sold to British Cadbury in 1996. Jersey Milk and Will-O-Paks continue to have the Neilson brand name on them; however, they are now manufactured by Mondelez Canada.
• Bite-size chocolates – Neilson sells several varieties of chocolate snacks, including Golden Buds, small milk chocolates similar to Hershey's Kisses; Slowpokes, similar to Turtles; and Willocrisp, flaky peanut wafers dipped in chocolate, similar to Crispy Crunch.

  Operations

• Beachville, Ontario – former cheese operations
• Georgetown, Ontario
• Guelph, Ontario – formerly Royal Dairy
• Ottawa, Ontario – formerly Clark Dairy
• Toronto, Ontario – formerly Donlands Dairy and Neilson-Cadbury chocolate factory – sold
• Montreal, Quebec
• Barrie, Ontario

  Retailers

• Shoppers Drug Mart in Ontario
• Costco in Ontario
• Walmart in Ontario

• Fortinos
• Real Canadian Superstore
• No Frills
• Loblaws
• Extra Foods
• T & T Supermarket

• Sobeys
• Giant Tiger