Our fertile Great Lakes soil has made northwest Ohio a leading agricultural center for hundreds of years. Chris and Matilda Toft’s dairy cows grazing on lush pastures in Erie County gave enough milk for the family plus some to sell. The husband and wife team drove their horse-drawn Toft’s milk wagon through the streets of Sandusky selling milk by the dipper. That was 1900. Today, the cows that give the milk that goes to Toft Dairy still
graze that rich pastureland Chris and Matilda’s herds did over 100 years ago.
The Cake Walk becomes the most fashionable dance in the USA and Europe as Chris and Matilda Toft began milk wagon runs to Sandusky.
The same year Benny Goodman was named "King of Swing" saw the Toft's purchase of Sandusky's Oswald Dairy plus the additions of son John with his wife Esther and daughter Edna with her husband Carl Meisler into the growing family business.
As famed aviator Amelia Earhart disappears somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, Carl and Edna Meisler's four sons -- first Robert, then in later years his three younger brothers -- begin joining the company.
Toft's growing enterprise moves into larger quarters on Adams Street, complete with fountain service, at the same time penicillin is developed as an antibiotic.
While the Beatles' song, Love Me Do, becomes their first hit single, Toft's purchases the company's first over-the-road refrigerator truck.
The Mariner 4 space probe sends back the first detailed photographs of Mars, and Toft's relocates to larger facilities on Monroe Street.
As Toft's premiers the "next generation" plastic milk jugs, Calvin Klein starts his famous fashion empire.
Clint Eastwood is elected Mayor of Carmel, California and Toft's steady growth moves the company into a 64,500 square foot building on Venice Road, the present location.
Toft's adds 10,000 square feet of much needed freezer space as Stephen Spielberg's Jurassic Park is released.
As Atlanta, Georgia prepares for the 100th Olympic Games, Toft's introduces a new line of contemporary ice cream flavors -- Prime Time.
As we fondly remember the dedication of Chris and Matilda Toft and the priceless loyalty of our customers and employees, Toft's Dairy proudly celebrates 100 years of continuous business and service to our community.
Kelly Clarkson was named an American Idol while Toft's was proud to begin two new partnerships that continue to this day: The Toledo Zoo and the Toledo Mud Hens.
Tom Cruise jumped up and down in ecstacy on Oprah's couch as Toft's jumps up and down because Tilly the Cow finally got her own ice cream flavor: Herd of Cows.
The New York Giants upset the previously undefeated New England Patriots 17-14 in Superbowl XLII. Meanwhile, Toft's finished a complete remodel of their parlor store at Toft's home office.
