Walmart owns Great Value milk and directly processes some of it: its Valdosta, Georgia plant opened in December 2025 to bottle Great Value and Member’s Mark milk for the Southeast. Other lots need their own plant identification. [1][2]
Who makes Great Value Milk?
- Owner
- Great Value is a Walmart private brand. Member’s Mark is also named in Walmart’s Valdosta milk announcement, but the brand on a jug and the processor supplying it are separate pieces of information. [1][2]
- Made by
- Walmart’s Valdosta plant is an owned and operated processing facility, sourcing milk from local dairy farmers and bottling several white and chocolate milk varieties. This is direct manufacturing evidence rather than a guess based on a store shelf. [2]
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Walmart owns Great Value milk and directly processes some of it: its Valdosta, Georgia plant opened in December 2025 to bottle Great Value and Member’s Mark milk for the Southeast. Other lots need their own plant identification.
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- Great Value Milk (Brand): Walmart owns Great Value milk and directly processes some of it: its Valdosta, Georgia plant opened in December 2025 to bottle Great Value and Member’s Mark milk for the Southeast. Other lots need their own plant identification. [1][2]
- Great Value Milk → Walmart (Owner): Great Value is a Walmart private brand. Member’s Mark is also named in Walmart’s Valdosta milk announcement, but the brand on a jug and the processor supplying it are separate pieces of information. [1][2]
- Walmart → Manufacturing and sourcing (Manufacturer): Walmart’s Valdosta plant is an owned and operated processing facility, sourcing milk from local dairy farmers and bottling several white and chocolate milk varieties. This is direct manufacturing evidence rather than a guess based on a store shelf. [2]
- Manufacturing and sourcing → Selected production evidence (Factory): Valdosta, Georgia is confirmed by the December 2025 opening release. AP’s 2023 announcement also documents Walmart’s first milk plant at Fort Wayne, Indiana, opened in 2018. These examples do not identify the processor of every Great Value jug nationwide. [2][3]
Who owns Great Value Milk?
Great Value is a Walmart private brand. Member’s Mark is also named in Walmart’s Valdosta milk announcement, but the brand on a jug and the processor supplying it are separate pieces of information. [1][2]
Ownership guides: EquateEverStartGreat ValueHyper ToughMainstaysMember’s Mark DiapersMember’s MarkonnOzark TrailVIZIO
Who actually makes Great Value Milk products?
Walmart’s Valdosta plant is an owned and operated processing facility, sourcing milk from local dairy farmers and bottling several white and chocolate milk varieties. This is direct manufacturing evidence rather than a guess based on a store shelf. [2]
Where are Great Value Milk products made?
Valdosta, Georgia is confirmed by the December 2025 opening release. AP’s 2023 announcement also documents Walmart’s first milk plant at Fort Wayne, Indiana, opened in 2018. These examples do not identify the processor of every Great Value jug nationwide. [2][3]
Is Great Value Milk made in China or the USA?
US processing is documented at Walmart’s Georgia and Indiana operations. The cited opening concerns a regional distribution area, so it should not be treated as evidence that one plant supplies the whole country. [2][3]
Same factory, different label
The Valdosta announcement explicitly names both Great Value and Sam’s Club Member’s Mark milk. That supports a shared facility for the described range, without establishing identical sourcing or production lots for every jug under both labels. [2]
Compare the sourced ownership and manufacturing guides: Great ValueMember’s MarkKirkland SignatureSignature SelectEquateEverStartHyper ToughMainstaysMember’s Mark DiapersonnOzark TrailVIZIO
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Frequently asked questions
4 questions about this supply chain, answered from the records above.
Who makes great value milk?
Walmart’s Valdosta plant is an owned and operated processing facility, sourcing milk from local dairy farmers and bottling several white and chocolate milk varieties. This is direct manufacturing evidence rather than a guess based on a store shelf.[2]
Who makes great value?
Walmart’s Valdosta plant is an owned and operated processing facility, sourcing milk from local dairy farmers and bottling several white and chocolate milk varieties. This is direct manufacturing evidence rather than a guess based on a store shelf.[2]
Who owns great value?
Great Value is a Walmart private brand. Member’s Mark is also named in Walmart’s Valdosta milk announcement, but the brand on a jug and the processor supplying it are separate pieces of information.[1][2]
Who makes member's mark?
For the milk range in Walmart’s December 2025 announcement, the Valdosta plant processes and bottles both Great Value and Member’s Mark. That does not identify the makers of every Member’s Mark product.[2]
Sources and scope
Year-only source dates denote the report’s coverage year. Dated disclosures establish the facts described at that time. Plant output, contracts and ownership can change; this is a selected map, not a complete supplier census.
- [1] Walmart fiscal 2025 Form 10-K — 2025 · Primary source · Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Names Ozark Trail, Mainstays and Great Value among Walmart private brands.
- [2] Walmart opens Valdosta milk facility — 2025-12-02 · Primary source · Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Confirms actual opening, Great Value and Member’s Mark bottling and Southeast distribution.
- [3] AP: Walmart plans its second milk plant — 2023-10-11 · Reporting · Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Documents 2018 Fort Wayne plant and the then-planned Valdosta facility.
Unconfirmed
- Processor, supplying dairy farms and factory for every jug and region; identical contents across labels beyond the published facility scope.