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processed and sold from the Dairy Association. Petitioner joined
the Dairy Association so it would have enough milk to process.
Petitioner bought more than $19,000,000 of raw milk to
process in each of the years in issue. Petitioner's payments to
the Dairy Association were 55 to 59 percent of petitioner's cost
of goods sold for the years at issue.
3. Petitioner's Sales to Winn-Dixie and Others
Petitioner sells milk products under its own label.
Petitioner distributes its products to about 2500 retail outlets.
Petitioner maintains a fleet of more than 200 trucks to
distribute its products.
About 80 percent of petitioner's sales of processed milk in
the years in issue were to six customers: Winn-Dixie Stores,
Inc. (Winn-Dixie), Publix, Lil' Champ, Pic-N-Sav, Walgreens, and
Miller Enterprises.
Petitioner's biggest customer was Winn-Dixie. Winn-Dixie
has purchased milk products from petitioner for almost 50 years.
Almost half of petitioner's sales during the years in issue were
to Winn-Dixie.
Petitioner processes, packages, and distributes some of the
"Superbrand" products, the private label milk for Winn-Dixie.
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