Select Milk Producers Partners with Westrock Coffee to Make New Milk-Based Coffee Product

Select Milk Producers, a Dallas-based dairy cooperative serving dairy producers in the South and Midwest, has recently entered a letter of intent to form a partnership with Westrock Coffee, a leading coffee, tea and extracts provider. In addition to the partnership, the business duo plans to build a new, extended shelf-life processing facility on the same property as Select Milk’s current Littlefield, Texas, facility.

The business duo also plans to produce a unique milk-based, ready-to-drink coffee beverage for consumers to enjoy. Westrock expects to produce and provide the joint venture with coffee extracts and concentrates from its Conway, Ark. facility and Select Milk expects to provide the milk from its Littlefield facility. Westrock and Select Milk anticipate the first product to ship from these lines in the first quarter of 2026.

“As we near completion of the Extract and Ready-to-Drink (RTD) facility in Conway, Arkansas, we made the decision to expand our extract and concentration capabilities so that as we add additional lines in the future, we can do so without having to impact the existing operations of the facility," said Westrock Coffee’s CEO and Co-Founder, Scott Ford. "In addition, we have expanded our multi-serve bottle capacities by adding cold-chain capability to our facility. Together, these additions better position us to respond to existing customer demand for extended shelf life and multi-serve bottles and ensure we can grow our capabilities in the future without disrupting operations.”

“We expect the joint venture with Select Milk will allow us to meet the needs of current and future customers for coffee-based RTD and concentrate multi-serve formats that include either traditional dairy or plant-based milks," Ford added, regarding Select Milk.

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