Kyvalley Dairy Group sales manager Gareth Freer drinking award winning chocolate milk, Coach House Dairy Co Chocolate Milk. Photos: Megan Fisher
When it comes to choccy milk, no-one compares to Coach House Dairy Co after it took out a national dairy industry award.
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Kyvalley Dairy Group’s Coach House Dairy Co Chocolate Milk is officially the best flavoured milk in the state and the country, receiving both accolades at the recent 2025 Dairy Industry Association of Australia awards night.
“I think Coach House is somewhat unique in its category as well, because it’s made with real chocolate, so that is the point of difference,” Kyvalley Dairy Group sales manager Gareth Freer said.
“Everyone that drinks it loves it, and I think it’s got its own uniqueness because of the real chocolate.”
Kyvalley Dairy Group’s Coach House Dairy Co Chocolate Milk is tops.
When the team attended the DIAA awards night, they didn’t expect to walk away with the two awards they did, but they couldn’t be happier.
“It was a beautiful night,” Kyvalley Dairy Group general manager Joanna Savva said.
“We weren’t expecting it, to be honest ... but then when our name got called out twice, that was a really big surprise.
“It was quite exciting to get up there.”`
Kyvalley Dairy Group site manager Craig O’Keeffe said it took a bit to get the product off the ground, but it was worth the troubleshooting.
“It was a lot of hard work,” Mr O’Keeffe said.
“All the distribution and picking and everything that we’ve done in-house, it was challenging to start with ... but we’ve got into a flow, and it all works now.
“We produce it twice a week, and it goes all over Australia.”
Kyvalley Dairy Group site manager Craig O’Keeffe, sales and marketing general manager Joanna Savva and sales manager Gareth Freer.
One of the challenges at the start was having to manually fill bottles, but one of their production upgrades at the Kyabram plant included installing a dual-piston filler.
Ms Savva said the company was always on the lookout for milk supply, with local farmers especially top of mind.
“We are all about having sufficient milk to fulfil all of our sales. It’s all about supporting our farmers,” she said.
“We’re always looking for more milk, of course, anyone can get in contact with us.”
Outside their acclaimed chocolate milk, Kyvalley Dairy Group produces milk, cream, butter, flavoured milk including coffee and other products under various brand names.
With a new chief executive officer who began in March, Kyvalley Dairy Group is excited to try new things.
“We’re always looking at innovation and expanding different dairy products,” Ms Savva said.
“We also have a new chief executive officer that started with us in March.
“So we’re looking at different strategies and seeing what the future holds for us, something exciting.”
The Product Maker’s Lucky Procopiou presented Kyvalley Dairy Group general manager Joanna Savva with their award.
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