Reiter’s farm, picturesque land across the street from the University of Akron, was a place for thinkers just like its illustrious neighbor. Ralph was a thinker and an inventor. He pioneered the use of cellophane to cover the tops of the glass milk bottles and invented an applicator to place rubber bands around the covering. Reiter Dairy was also the first in Akron to use the homogenization process. All for the purpose of producing and delivering fresh, great-tasting dairy.
Despite all of their innovations, Reiter did not set any lofty goals to be the first in anything. Their goal was to last — and how an American dairy lasts is by being fresh and wholesome, and by never taking for granted the spot they occupy in a Midwestern family’s refrigerator.
Built on that foundation of freshness, Reiter Dairy has grown well beyond the vision of one man — proving an unrelenting pursuit of goodness is any family’s reason for celebration over an ice cold glass of milk. Cheers.