USA – Dean foods announced Monday that it is to cut 200 of its staff in the next year.

The majority of the jobs are at Dean’s former headquarters in Franklin Park, Illinois. There will also be losses at the company’s Illinois operations at Rosemount and Rockford.

The announcement comes after Dean was taken over by Suiza Foods last December. The company now has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Dean will retain its regional dairy office in Franklin Park, speciality foods staff in Rosemount and its technical centre in Rockford.