LITTLE ROCK, Ark., USA – Westrock Coffee Company announced yesterday its entrance into a letter of intent with Select Milk Producers (“Select Milk”) to establish a joint venture (JV) to build an aseptic and extended shelf life (ESL), multi-serve bottle (MSB) facility to be co-located at Select Milk’s facility in Littlefield, Texas.
In addition, the Company shared details about the expansion of capabilities at its soon-to-be-open Extract and Ready-to-Drink (RTD) facility in Conway, Arkansas. You can read the full press release here.
About the joint venture: This new joint venture provides a cost-effective and sustainable option to Westrock Coffee customers for coffee-based RTD products in an aseptic or ESL multi serve bottle format that includes dairy and dairy alternatives.
The joint venture will construct and operate aseptic, multi-serve bottle lines inside a new facility Select Milk is building in Littlefield, Texas. Westrock will produce and provide the joint venture with coffee extracts and concentrates from its Conway facility and Select Milk will provide the milk from its Littlefield facility. Westrock and Select Milk expect the first product to ship from these lines in the first quarter of 2026.
About the expansion: Westrock Coffee has expanded its Extract and RTD facility in Conway to respond to existing customer demand for Extended Shelf Life (ESL), multi-serve bottles.
The new facility’s infrastructure will now allow for additional extract capabilities to support future manufacturing lines includeing cold-chain infrastructure. This expansion allows Westrock to incorporate additional lines without impacting plant operations.
About Westrock Coffee
Westrock Coffee is a leading integrated coffee, tea, flavors, extracts, and ingredients beverage solutions provider in the United States, providing coffee sourcing, supply chain management, product development, roasting, packaging, and distribution services to the retail, food service and restaurant, convenience store and travel center, non-commercial account, CPG, and hospitality industries around the world. With offices in 10 countries, the company sources coffee and tea from 35 origin countries.
About Select Milk Producers
Select Milk Producers is one of the nation’s largest and most progressive dairy cooperatives. Owned by over 110 like-minded family-owned dairies, Select Milk has earned a reputation for innovation in animal welfare, environmental sustainability, technology, and overall business practices.
Established in 1994, Select Milk markets and processes milk from its member dairies in the Southwest and the Midwest. Headquartered in Dallas, the cooperative is the owner or joint venture partner in eight processing plants, producing a variety of traditional and specialty dairy products, including powder, cheese, whey protein, cream, and the newly introduced “Majestic” butter product line. Select Milk includes multiple wholly owned subsidiaries and joint ventures with other major food and beverage companies.
