FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549	OMB APPROVAL
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response. . .0.5 Filed ByByRomeo ~~Romeo~~and & Dye'ssSection ~~Instant~~16 ~~Form 4~~ Filerwww.section16.net

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Bernon, Alan J.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Dean Foods Company (DF)		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Director and Chief Operating Officer, Northeast Region
(Last) (First) (Middle) Dean Northeast, LLC 124 Grove Street	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year ~~September~~January 1831, ~~2002~~2003
(Street) Franklin, MA 02038		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)	Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	3. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Follow- ing Reported Transactions(s) (Instr. 3 & 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	0901/1831/~~2002~~03		J		~~14,870~~189.411	A	0$32.997(1)	~~472~~487,~~423~~482.~~538~~949	D

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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security

(Instr. 3)

2. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans-
action Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)

3A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Trans-
action
Code

(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/
Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
Following
Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship Form
of Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount or Number of
Shares

Incentive Stock Option (right to buy)

21.5625

01/22/02

01/22/11

Common Stock

9,272

Incentive Stock Option (right to buy)

30.5250

01/14/03

01/14/12

Common Stock

3,276

Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

18.7188

01/04/01

01/04/10

Common Stock

39,998

Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

21.5625

1/22/02

01/22/11

Common Stock

44,060

Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

30.5250

01/14/03

01/14/12

Common Stock

126,724

Explanation of Responses: (1) ~~Release~~Shares ofpurchased ~~escrowed~~through ~~shares~~Issuer's ~~for~~Employee ~~the~~Stock ~~benefit~~Purchase ~~of Alan J~~Plan. ~~Bernon issued to Alan Bernon Revocable Trust.~~

By: /s/ Alan J. Bernon **Signature of Reporting Person ~~September~~February 184, ~~2002~~2003 Date

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See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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