HP Hood

In 1984, HP Hood was the first dairy to bring Lactaid-branded milk to the New England market;{{cite journal |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Mark |title=Hood Turns to Low-Fat Ice Milk to Gain Weight as a National Contender |journal=New England Business |date=February 16, 1987 |volume=9 |issue=3 |page=31}} Available through ProQuest. entrepreneur Alan Kligerman had introduced the Lactaid brand of lactase dietary supplements in 1977{{cite news |last1=Hwang |first1=Suein L. |title=Makers of Remedies Breed a Cash Cow As They Publicize Lactose Intolerance |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=April 20, 1993 |page=B1}} Available through ProQuest. and then started to license the brand to dairies in 1982.{{cite news |last1=Brody |first1=Jane E. |title=Enzyme Deficiency Is the Reason Many Can't Digest Milk |work=The New York Times |date=May 5, 1982 |page=C1}} In 1987, HP Hood, which had always been focused on New England, went nationwide for the first time with a low-fat ice milk product, Hood Light.

In early 1991, Kligerman licensed the Lactaid brand to Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil, which launched a massive advertising campaign that turned Lactaid into J&J's fastest-growing brand of the 1990s. That same year, under McNeil's supervision of the brand, HP Hood became the official supplier of Lactaid milk for the East Coast of the United States.{{cite journal |last1=Phillips |first1=David |title=Processor of the Year: HP Hood—New England's leading dairy going coast to coast with ESL |journal=Dairy Foods |date=December 2001 |volume=102 |issue=12 |pages=22–29}} Available through ProQuest.

In 2001, HP Hood renegotiated its contract with McNeil and became the official supplier of Lactaid milk for the entire United States market. By 2004, Lactaid was the No. 1 national brand of milk in the United States.{{cite journal |last1=Phillips |first1=David |title=Changing Tide for Milk |journal=Dairy Foods |date=February 2004 |volume=105 |issue=2 |pages=20–24}} Available through ProQuest.

In 2004, the company acquired Crowley Foods, based in Binghamton, New York; and Kemps, based in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2007, HP Hood acquired Crystal Cream and Butter Company,[http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/430047.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216225116/http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/430047.html|date=February 16, 2008}} based in Sacramento, California, but then sold it that same year to Foster Farms Dairy. In 2008, they acquired the ice cream business of Brigham's Ice Cream,{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/06/28/brighams_cant_beat_the_heat_assets_go_to_2_buyers/ |title=Brigham's can't beat the heat; assets go to 2 buyers - The Boston Globe |publisher=Boston.com |date=2008-06-28 |accessdate=2012-10-17}} based in Arlington, Massachusetts. These acquisitions effectively expanded the company's reach from New England and New York to the broader United States.

In 2017, the company purchased a former Muller Quaker plant in Batavia, New York.{{Cite web|last=Owens|first=Howard B.|date=2017-06-09|title=New England's large dairy company, HP Hood, buying former Muller Quaker plant|url=https://www.thebatavian.com/howard-b-owens/new-englands-large-dairy-company-hp-hood-buying-former-muller-quaker-plant/297881|access-date=2022-01-11|website=The Batavian|language=en}} In 2022, the company purchased land in Greenville, Texas,{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Brad Kellar {{!}} Herald-Banner|title=Ready to welcome milk men|url=https://www.heraldbanner.com/news/local_news/ready-to-welcome-milk-men/article_03600b8e-6901-11ec-a316-c3a50d8258bc.html|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Herald-Banner|date=30 December 2021 |language=en}} and has plans to expand capacity.

• Hood
• Crowley Foods
• Heluva Good!
• Axelrod Foods
• Booth Brothers Dairy
• Green's Ice Cream
• Brigham's Ice Cream
• Hagan Ice Cream
• Planet Oat
• La Terra Fina
• Lactaid (brand of McNeil Nutritionals, LLC produced by HP Hood since 1984)
• Blue Diamond Almond Breeze (brand of Blue Diamond Growers produced by HP Hood since 2008)[http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/print-edition/2012/06/29/new-plant-owners-work-old-crystal-cream.html?page=all Sacramento Business Journal - New owners whip up work at old Crystal Cream plant by Melanie Turner (June 29, 2012)], Retrieved Apr. 23, 2015.
• Southern Comfort Eggnog

• Kemps (sold to Dairy Farmers of America in 2011)[http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2011/04/15/dairy-farmers-of-america-buys-kemps.html Kansas City Business Journal, Dairy Farmers of America Will Become Owner of Kemps (April 15, 2011)], Retrieved Feb. 6, 2015.
• Goodrich Ice Cream
• Rosenberger's Dairy (sold to Balford Farms in 2014)[http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Conklin-dairy-distribution-center-will-now-stay-open-277234761.html WBNG Channel 12 Action News, Conklin Dairy Distribution Center Staying Open by Anna Norris (September 26, 2014)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207072947/http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Conklin-dairy-distribution-center-will-now-stay-open-277234761.html |date=February 7, 2015 }}, Retrieved Feb. 6, 2015.
• Rosenberger's Dairy Wagon
• Penn Maid Foods (Discontinued at the end of 2023){{cite web | url=https://www.inquirer.com/food/restaurants/penn-maid-discontinued-sour-cream-glasses-20241002.html | title=Whatever happened to Penn Maid, whose sour cream jars were Philly's drinking glasses? | date=2 October 2024 }}

File:HoodWagon8.12.09.jpg ]]HP Hood and the logo is a well known New England company. The smoke stack marked "Hoods Milk" at their former facility near Sullivan Square, Charlestown remains a landmark. The 20-acre facility is being redeveloped as a mixed residential-commercial campus called the "Hood Park".{{Cite web |url=http://hoodpark.com/site-plan-1/ |title="Site Plan", Hood Park |access-date=2018-07-13 |archive-date=2018-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713230503/http://hoodpark.com/site-plan-1/ |url-status=dead }}Tom Acitelli, "Hood Park's first residential component officially underway: 177 apartments", Curbed Boston October 18, 2017 [https://boston.curbed.com/boston-development/2017/10/18/16491248/hood-park-charlestown-apartments]

The company ran a highway safety campaign called Hood Samaritan (see Good Samaritan) circa 1960, that was later taken over{{cite web |url=http://cvssamaritan.com/ |title=Web Page Under Construction |publisher=Cvssamaritan.com |date= |access-date=2012-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402125011/http://cvssamaritan.com/ |archive-date=2012-04-02 }} by the CVS Pharmacy chain.

At Boston Children's Museum, the outdoor ice cream stand takes the form of a large Hood Milk Bottle. The Hood blimp often appears at sport and cultural events (most often Red Sox home games above Boston, and the Eastern States Exposition in October). The Hood blimp made news on September 26, 2006 when it crashed in a wooded area near Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.{{cite web |url=http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/9937592/detail.html |title=Hood Blimp Crashes North Of Boston | WCVB Home - WCVB Home |publisher=Thebostonchannel.com |date=2006-09-26 |access-date=2012-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927112954/http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/9937592/detail.html |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}

The Hoodsie cup, a small cardboard cup of ice cream, is an iconic product;{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/10/us/the-city-that-worships-ice-cream-in-all-flavors.html|title=The City That Worships Ice Cream in All Flavors|first=Sara|last=Rimer|work=The New York Times|date=Aug 10, 1997|accessdate=2019-09-15}} the term "Hoodsie" is occasionally cited as a shibboleth of the Boston-area dialect.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCBT-qJmafw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/PCBT-qJmafw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Committed to his colloquialisms|publisher=The Boston Globe|date=2012-04-11|accessdate=2014-09-23}}{{cbignore}}

A United States Supreme Court case, H.P. Hood & Sons v. Du Mond, was decided in the Hood Company's favor, in which the State of New York was prevented from withholding a license to acquire milk produced in New York, and sold in Massachusetts, based on the dormant commerce clause limitations on state intervention in interstate commerce.

The company and their logo served as somewhat of an inspiration to the popular Phish tune "Harry Hood".{{cite web |url=http://phish.net/faq/who-is-harry-hood |title=Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Phish.net |date= |access-date=2012-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301021751/http://phish.net/faq/who-is-harry-hood |archive-date=2012-03-01 }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T8WdKVT9hqQC&pg=PA99 |title=The Phish Companion: A Guide to the Band and Their Music - Mockingbird Foundation, Tom Marshall - Google Books |accessdate=2012-10-17|isbn=9780879306311 |year=2000 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation }}

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