Borden Dairy milk plant's parent company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
By Kristen Mosbrucker
The Advocate
Dallas-based Borden Dairy Co. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and reorganization, which includes subsidiary Borden Dairy Co. of Louisiana LLC.
The company operates a milk processing plant in Lafayette at 1308 Bertrand Drive and has some 220 workers in Louisiana, about 70% of whom work in Lafayette. Borden Dairy also employs workers in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Hammond, Lake Charles, Monroe and Shreveport, according to the company.