With roots that can be traced back to the opium trade, today, Jardines is a Fortune Global 500 company that consists of Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors Group, Jardine Strategic, Dairy Farm, Hongkong Land, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Jardine Cycle & Carriage and Astra International.

Other significant developments during this decade included the merging of Jardine Insurance Brokers with Lloyd Thompson to form Jardine Lloyd Thompson, the acquisition of a 16 % interest in Singapore blue-chip Cycle & Carriage and Dairy Farm ’ s purchase of a significant stake in Indonesia's leading supermarket group Hero.

The firm ’ s business interests include Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors, Hongkong Land, Dairy Farm, Mandarin Oriental, Jardine Cycle & Carriage, through which its interest in Astra is held, and Jardine Lloyd Thompson.

The Dairy Farm group ’ s retail operations range from supermarkets, hypermarkets and health and beauty stores to convenience and home furnishings stores, and operate under well-known local brands.

Dairy Farm operates supermarkets under the banners of Wellcome, Jasons, Shop N Save, Cold Storage and Hero ; Giant hypermarkets ; health and beauty stores under Mannings and Guardian ; IKEA furniture stores in Hong Kong and Taiwan ; as well as 7-Eleven convenience stores.

Jardine Strategic has a 78 % shareholding in Dairy Farm.

Major convenience stores in Singapore are 7-Eleven owned by Dairy Farm International Holdings and Cheers owned by NTUC Fairprice.

Dairy Farm International Holdings acquired the chain from Jardine Matheson Group in 1989.

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In 2008, however, the Dairy Farm Ground ( behind the current first team pitch ) was opened in order to accommodate the third and fourth XIs.

In 2006, with the annexation of the Waldrep Dairy Farm, Cooper City started construction on the first major new home construction project within the past few decades.

The main Gustafson Dairy Farm is located in Green Cove Springs, Florida, and is one of the largest privately-owned dairy farms in the Southeast United States.

Hosmer Dairy Farm Historic District, also known as Walnut Springs Farm, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Some of the early settlers to the area were the Collins family of Chestnut Ridge Farm, for whom Chestnut Ridge Middle School is named after ; the Turner family, for whom Turnersville was named ; the Hurff family, for whom the census designation Hurffville and Hurffville Elementary School are named ; the Heritage family, whose family began the Heritage's Dairy Farm Stores, and for whom the community Heritage Valley is named ; the Morgan family, who were the first residents of the Olde Stone House, a landmark for residents of the Township ; and the Bell Family, who arrived in 1899, turning the 139-year-old grist mill into General Mills, and for whom Bells Lake Park and Bells Elementary School are named.

Artefacts were recovered from the Greenham Dairy Farm in 1963, and the Faraday Road site in 2002.

In 1897, the Walker-Gordon Dairy Farm opened up, which, among many other things, contributed Elsie the Cow, possibly the most famous cow ever, and The Walker Gordon Diner, which has since been closed.

The Parker Farm was eventually integrated into the Groendyke farm, and both became part of Walker-Gordon's Dairy Farm, which is now a housing development.

In addition, the Township acquired from the State the adjacent wastewater treatment facility on, behind the State-owned Skillman Dairy Farm.

The property which at times has been host to flea markets and antique shows was originally the Borden Dairy Farm, which produced dairy products sold as far south as New York City.

The Grand View Dairy Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

The film traces the origins of the movement through its fictionalized narrative, based around rural empowerment, when a young veterinary surgeon, played by Girish Karnad, a character based on then, National Dairy Development Board ( NDDB ) chief, the 33 year old Dr. Verghese Kurien, who joined hands with local social worker, Tribhovandas Patel, which led to the setting up a local milk cooperative, in Anand, Gujarat.

* Cadbury, one of the world's largest chocolate companies, has begun certifying its Dairy Milk bars as Fair Trade ; according to Cadbury, in 2010 " around one quarter of ... global sales " of these bars will be Fair Trade .< ref >“ Fairtrade Cadbury Dairy Milk Goes Global as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand take Fairtrade Further Into Mainstream .” Cadbury PLC 2010.

In 1905, Cadbury launched its Dairy Milk bar, with a higher proportion of milk than previous chocolate bars, and it became the company's best selling product by 1913.

Dairy plants process the raw milk they receive from farmers so as to extend its marketable life.

In 1888 three more of the Gates brothers and their sons joined the business, which lead to the formal registration of the company under the name of the West Surrey Central Dairy Company, which after development of its dried milk baby formula in 1906 became Cow & Gate.

In 2003, Monsanto sued Oakhurst Dairy over Oakhurst's label on its milk cartons that said " Our farmer's pledge: no artificial hormones ," referring to the use of bovine somatotropin ( rBST ).

The factory was called the Maypole Dairy, and eventually grew to become one of the largest margarine manufacturing plants in the world, occupying a site at its peak.

Eatonton is known as the " Dairy Capital of Georgia " ( in honor of its major industry, dairy farming ).

The old part of Huntley is also known for its public square which features a gazebo, as well as a full brick-paved street ( Woodstock St .) and 50s-style diner, The Huntley Dairy Mart.

Local farms were noted for their quality Rambouillet sheep, and the Southern Utah Dairy Company, a cooperative venture begun in 1900, produced dairy products and was known for its " Pardale Cheese.

Crozet did not see its first fast food chain until the late 1990s, when a Subway outlet was built, followed by a Dairy Queen.

The Darigold Dairy Fair manufactures cheese, ( 150 million pounds of cheese annually ) but is mostly noted for its colorful facade and circus-like decorations, which include a pair of cows swinging on a flying trapeze.

Holland & Barrett has its headquarters based in the town while Bermuda Park, which is south of Nuneaton, is home of the national distribution centres of Dairy Crest and RS Components.

The first public school in the village of Davisville, known as the Davisville Seminary, remains on its original site on the South Side of Street Road – next to the Dairy Queen.

Aggie Ice Cream receives its milk from the Caine Dairy Research and Teaching Center located near the Wellsville Mountains.

The company operates its corporate stores under mainly Couche-Tard, Mac's, Circle K, On the Run and also under the affiliated brands 7-jours, Dairy Mart, Daisy Mart and Winks.

When the National Dairy Development Board expanded the scope of Operation Flood to cover the entire country in its Phase 2 program in 1979: Kurien founded the Institute of Rural Management Anand ( IRMA ). Kurien, played a key role in many other organizations, like chairing the Viksit Bharat Foundation, a body set up by the President of India.

Wren Davis Dairy opened on Wycombe Road, winning award nationally for the quality of its milk.

By the end of December 2003, the Dairy Farm Group and its related associations ran 2, 570 outlets, Wellcome / Food World ( supermarkets ), 50 % share of Maxim's Catering ( restaurants ), Cold Storage ( supermarkets ), Jasons Market Place / Market Place by Jasons ( high end supermarkets ), Shop N Save ( discount supermarkets ), Giant ( hypermarkets ), Mannings / Guardian ( health and beauty ) stores ; it also operates 7-Eleven ( convenience stores ) throughout the region, and IKEA ( home furnishings ) stores in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In 1904, Dairy Farm began importing frozen meat and opened its first retail store at the Central District depot.

Since 1999, Dairy Farm has continued to expand its footprint by acquiring supermarket and other retail operations in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

* In 1998, Dairy Farm sold out its 49 % interest in Nestlé Dairy Farm, set up in 1992 to develop dairy products factories throughout China, to Nestlé ; on the merger of Kwik Save with Somerfield, Dairy Farm sold its 11 % holding for US $ 290 million.