The Dairy Blog

Hello. My name is Eddie Allen and I am the Plant Manager at the Mayfield Ice Cream operation in beautiful Homewood (Birmingham), Alabama. I have been in the dairy business for ten years or so and have been making ice cream for more than six.

Did you know one of the ways that Scottie Mayfield describes quality? Simply having consistent products day in and day out. Here in Birmingham we want to make sure that the Mayfield Ice Cream we produce tastes EXACTLY the same as the ice cream we make at our plant in Athens, Tennessee. If we have folks visiting our lovely state; the beaches down south; our areas of great history around Montgomery; the "Center" of attraction in Birmingham; or Rocket City in Huntsville; who have grown up in East Tennessee on Mayfield we want them to feel at home when they taste our Ice Creamier products.

We have gone to extremes to insure that our facilities, equipment and most importantly, our Team of folks that make our products are prepared to accomplish this task. Over the next few weeks Scott Watson, my brother and fellow Plant Manager in Athens, will try to show you our operations and how we go about making the best dairy products around.

Thanks.

EA