# Crystal Creamery

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**Crystal Creamery** was founded in 1901 by George Knox in [Sacramento, California](/source/Sacramento,_California), as Crystal Cream & Butter.[1][2] In 1921, Crystal Cream & Butter was purchased by Carl Hansen, a Danish immigrant. The Hansen family led the company for the next 86 years and pioneered many new technologies, growing Crystal Cream & Butter into one of the largest independent dairy processors in the state of California. In 2007, Crystal Cream & Butter was acquired by [HP Hood](/source/HP_Hood), who sold it later that year to Foster Dairy Farms, which had been founded in 1941 by Max and Verna Foster, a venture that followed the 1939 founding of their [Foster Farms](/source/Foster_Farms). Today, Crystal Creamery claims to be the "largest privately owned dairy in California."[3]

In 2008, Foster Farms Dairy announced its intention to rebrand itself as Crystal Creamery.[4] In 2009, Foster Farms Dairy acquired [Humboldt Creamery](/source/Humboldt_Creamery), based in [Fernbridge, California](/source/Fernbridge,_California) (near [Eureka](/source/Eureka,_California)). The name change was phased in from 2009 to 2012.[5] Crystal Creamery's 120th Anniversary was celebrated in 2021.

## See also

- [Dairy farming](/source/Dairy_farming)

## References

1. ["Our Story"](https://crystalcreamery.com/about-us/). *Crystal Creamery*. Retrieved 2024-12-01.

1. ["Crystal Creamery"](https://local.freshpoint.com/store_page/crystal-creamery-6/). *FreshPoint*. Retrieved 2024-12-01. Founded by George Knox in 1901 they were originally known as Crystal Cream & Butter. Crystal started in the back of a small grocery store located at 728 K Street in Sacramento, California.

1. [Company website 2007 - May 2012, as archived by the Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/20120506040414/http://www.fosterfarmsdairy.com/?p=39)

1. Holland, John (August 27, 2008). ["Modesto-based Foster Farms clarifies its name"](https://www.modbee.com/news/local/article3113317.html). *Modesto Bee*

1. ["Crystal Creamery's branding strategy is crystal clear"](https://www.dairyfoods.com/articles/91711-crystal-creamerys-branding-strategy-is-crystal-clear). *Dairy Foods*. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2024-12-02.

## External links

- [Official website](http://crystalcreamery.com)

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