USA &#8211, Dean Foods is to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary DFC Transportation to concentrate on producing and marketing dairy products and speciality foods.

DFC Transport provides logistics services across the USA through a network of five branches and 15 freight brokerage agencies. The business maintains a fleet of 140 refrigerated trailers and employs approximately 50 drivers.

After the sale Dean Foods will rely primarily on third party distribution and transportation companies to replace the services provided by DFC.

The company is in the early stages of investigating the sale of the business. Any transaction will be announced in due course.