Borden Dairy of Oklahoma is located at 215 N. Denver in Tulsa, Oklahoma; it was originally known as the Oklahoma Dairy founded by Mr. Early Russell Cass. On April 1, 1926 the dairy was bought by Beatrice Creamery Company. Mr. Cass was named General Manager and held that position until his retirement on February 28, 1963.

On November 20, 1924 the Beatrice Creamery Company was re-incorporated and licensed with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. The name Beatrice Foods Company was adopted on June 24, 1946 and became a processor of a complex line of dairy products.

By the 1980’s the Beatrice Foods Company had grown to an international diversified company with 80,000 employees and operations in 28 countries. Beatrice business spanned a wide spectrum of dairy and consumer foods products with other businesses as diverse as luggage, travel trailers, lamps, lawn sprinklers, furniture, wall coverings, and plumbing supplies. In 1986, the dairy operations of Beatrice Foods Company were sold to Borden Inc., and the company began operating under the Borden/Meadow Gold name. In 1998 Borden Inc. sold the dairy operations to Southern Foods Group. In 1999 the Tulsa facility made a switch to the Borden name using the Borden, Meadow Gold and Viva logos due to marketing strategies. Opportunity continued with a merge between Suiza in 2000 and Dean Foods in 2001.

During the early days of Borden/Meadow Gold, horse drawn milk wagons were in use. The milk was kept cold with blocks of ice. In the mid 1940’s refrigerated milk trucks were introduced to the dairy business. The business was serviced by home delivery with over a hundred and fifty home delivery routes in 1960.

Over the years the market has changed from wholesale to retail. Home delivery service no longer exists, replaced by a modern transportation system that delivers our products throughout the geographical area.

The Tulsa facility today, still at 215 N. Denver, measures almost 100,000 square feet, produces and distributes a range of products including fluid milk, buttermilk, ice cream mixes, juices, and fruit drinks. The ice cream department consists of a large low temperature storage vault that inventories approximately 50,000 gallons of ice cream. Our ice cream is supplied to us by Southwest Ice Cream Specialties in McKinney, Texas. The company produces its own plastic jugs for fluid milk bottling purposes. Dean Foods Company employs approximately 250. The company is strong in Oklahoma because of the Borden Tulsa name.