yogurt maker
See also: yogurt-maker
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yogurt maker (plural yogurt makers)
- An electrical device for making yogurt.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yogurt, maker.
- 1993, Mansoor Moaddel, Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 117:
- cWide range of traditional occupations with varying incomes such as yogurt makers, liver sellers, teahouse workers (Qahveh-chi), ice cream sellers, vegetable sellers, cloth sellers, shoemakers, carpenters, tailors, builders, blacksmiths, grocers, drapers, glass-blowers, (petty) brokers, “radiomakers,” iron sellers, “bicycle makers,” and similar occupations.
- 1997, Gregory K. Ericksen, “Gary Hirshberg: Stonyfield Farm: ‘A Business Plan for the Future: Hope’”, in What’s Luck Got to Do with It? Twelve Entrepreneurs Reveal the Secrets Behind Their Success, New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 147:
- Yogurt was emerging as America’s favorite health food in an increasingly health-conscious society. Not only that, but yogurt was winning consumers by tasting good. It was leaving behind its reputation as a tart, curdled taste experience. It evolved from diet food, milk substitute, and the base for pungent sauces into an appealing dessert. As yogurt makers sweetened the product to appeal to the American palate, consumption soared.
- 2002, Larry R. Smeltzer, Donald J. Leonard, Geraldine E. Hynes, “Intercultural Managerial Communication”, in Managerial Communication: Strategies and Applications, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, part IV (Interpersonal Communication Strategies), page 210:
- Here are some examples of businesses owned by foreign-based companies: Motel 6 is owned by Accor SA, a French company, and Dannon Co., the yogurt maker, is owned by Danone Group, also a French company.
- 2002 March, “Cultural affairs”, in Consumer Reports, volume 67, number 3, Yonkers, N.Y.: Consumers Union, →ISSN, page 32, column 1:
- Yogurt makers have been as active as the cultures in their products over the past few years, coming up with a host of new creations, packaging, and pitches. Dannon launched la Crème, a premium full-fat yogurt “for people who don’t like yogurt.”
- 2008, Gary Hirshberg, “Nurturing Those Who Nurture the Earth”, in Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN, page 162:
- We still got the milk the girls produced, though, buying it from our friends. It was a pivotal moment for us as yogurt makers, both emotionally and commercially. We had finally gotten past the notion that using milk from cows other than our own would somehow compromise our product.
- 2012, Meg Cadoux Hirshberg, For Better or for Work: A Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs and Their Families, New York, N.Y.: An Inc. Original, →ISBN, pages 43 (To Love, Honor, and Report To) and 61–62 (Bed and Boardroom):
- As I mentioned in the first chapter, when I moved to Stonyfield Farm in the mid-’80s to live with Gary, I immediately went to work in the yogurt business. I worked part-time in the office and in sales, and part-time as a yogurt maker. […] When our best yogurt maker had to work the night shift and couldn’t find a babysitter for her son, yours truly would rock the boy to sleep.
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electrical device for making yogurt
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