Suiza Dairy is a Puerto Rican milk products brand. Its general manager, as of 2023, was Francisco Pérez Corujo.[1][2] Their major competitors in the island are Tres Monjitas Dairy. The company also produces juice, fruit drinks, and other lactose products.
History
Suiza Dairy was established in 1942.[3] In 2018, the company opened a plant in the northwestern Puerto Rican city of Aguadilla, for $40,000,000 (40 million) United States dollars. This plant is expected to make the brand $8,000,000 United States dollars per year between 2018 and 2038, thus bringing in a gross profit of about $120,000,000 United States dollars by the end of that period.On June 28, 2024, the company partially closed its operations and laid off 483 employees. [1]
Lawsuits
The company and its rivals Tres Monjitas have been involved in litigations. On July 4, 2004, the companies filed a related case against Luis Rivera Cubano, then Puerto Rico's Secretary of Agriculture, and Juan R. Pedro Giordan, the Administrator of the Office of Milk Industry Regulatory Administration of Puerto Rico.[4]
In late 2009, they were also co-appellees in another case.[5]
In 2014, they both filed a suit against Myrna Comas Pagan, who, like Luis Rivera Cubano before, was then the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico.[6]