Byrne Dairy is a regional dairy company headquartered in Syracuse, New York. It was founded during the Great Depression in 1933, delivering milk bottles to New Yorkers by horse-wagons. The company is privately run and has expanded, distributing across the

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region, supplying many wholesale and retail locations. The company also has a wholesale distribution center in

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and operates a chain of convenience store/gas stations in Central New York. In October 2012, it announced a plan to open a yogurt plant and agritourism center on a 127-acre site in

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. The announcement marks Byrne Dairy's entry into the expanding central New York Greek yogurt belt, alongside

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, Crowley Foods, as well as

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's presence in Johnstown. To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, Byrne Dairy sells a green minty milk from the end of February until March 17. The Byrne Dairy employee contracts in New York State do not allow workers to be part of unions nor unionize.

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