Divestitures	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Divestitures [Abstract]
Divestitures	2. Divestitures In the fourth quarter of 2010, we entered into two separate agreements to sell our Mountain High and private label yogurt operations. The Mountain High yogurt operations were part of our Fresh Dairy Direct segment, and the private label operations were part of our Fresh Dairy Direct and Morningstar segments. The divestiture of our yogurt operations was completed in the first and second quarters of 2011, with all sales proceeds applied towards debt reduction, including the full repayment of the then outstanding 2012 tranche A term loan borrowings. In the first quarter of 2011, we committed to a plan to sell the fluid milk operations at our Fresh Dairy Direct manufacturing facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin ("Waukesha") as a result of the settlement of the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") civil action related to our acquisition of the Consumer Products Division of Foremost Farms USA in April 2009. On September 8, 2011, we completed the sale of our Waukesha facility. We recorded a net pre-tax gain of $19.5 million during the first quarter of 2011 related to the divestiture of our Mountain High operations and the write-down of our Waukesha operations. The gain was recorded in other operating income in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Divestitures

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

2. Divestitures

In the fourth quarter of 2010, we entered into two separate agreements to sell our Mountain High and private label yogurt operations. The Mountain High yogurt operations were part of our Fresh Dairy Direct segment, and the private label operations were part of our Fresh Dairy Direct and Morningstar segments. The divestiture of our yogurt operations was completed in the first and second quarters of 2011, with all sales proceeds applied towards debt reduction, including the full repayment of the then outstanding 2012 tranche A term loan borrowings.

In the first quarter of 2011, we committed to a plan to sell the fluid milk operations at our Fresh Dairy Direct manufacturing facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin ("Waukesha") as a result of the settlement of the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") civil action related to our acquisition of the Consumer Products Division of Foremost Farms USA in April 2009. On September 8, 2011, we completed the sale of our Waukesha facility.

We recorded a net pre-tax gain of $19.5 million during the first quarter of 2011 related to the divestiture of our Mountain High operations and the write-down of our Waukesha operations. The gain was recorded in other operating income in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.