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Dean Foods Appoints Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

Monday 17. November 2008 - Greg McKelvey to Lead Three to Five Year Strategic Growth Plan

Gregg L. Engles, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dean Foods Company (NYSE:DF), today announced the promotion of Greg McKelvey to the newly-created position of EVP and Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, effective immediately.

Reporting to Engles, McKelvey will continue to develop the Company’s strategic planning processes and capabilities, as well as lead the organization’s transformation efforts.

“This role is critical to Dean Foods as we accelerate our efforts to consolidate and integrate our many businesses,” said Gregg Engles, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dean Foods.

McKelvey is responsible for designing and delivering Dean Foods’ key Strategic Growth Plan initiatives, as well as a careful, risk-mitigating project management approach to initiative implementation, and tight linkage between strategy and key organizational capabilities, including information technology.

“Greg’s prior experience at Accenture, Bain & Co., and more recently at WhiteWave, gives him a unique breadth and depth of experience in both developing strategy and driving business improvement through the application of process and technology,” said Engles. “Over the past four years Greg was instrumental in designing and implementing the WhiteWave strategy to combine three separate, subscale businesses into a premium national branded business group with a shared vision, supply chain and process infrastructure.”

Added Engles, “This unique balance of strategy and successful implementation is critically important in helping us achieve our goals across Dean Foods. Since January, Greg has continued his track record of strong leadership by developing Dean Foods’ strategic planning framework and supporting our efforts to deliver major changes within the organization.”