When a reliable supply of containers became essential to keeping up with production, Rutter's invested in building an on-site plastic bottle manufacturing plant adjacent to the Dairy. They contracted First Capital Plastics, Inc. to run the operation and built a 500-foot long elevated conveyor system to transport the containers from the plant to the bottling operation. Since the plant produces 750,000 bottles a day, Rutter's had capacity to spare. So it expanded the truck fleet and now delivers bottles produced by the plastic plant to East Coast businesses.

In 1990, a fourth member of the third generation signed on. Scott, son of Joann (Rutter) Hartman and Stew Hartman, continues the process of updating and expanding the retail store concept as Vice President of Operations for the Farm Stores. New concept stores came on-line. The stores include everything from huge gasoline canopies, pay-at-the-pump, ATM machines and fast food. Rutter's Farm Stores through the years has been recognized by its industry as a leader with an innovative management team. Rutter's is blazing the way with new industry concepts, including drive-thru windows, Pizza Hut operations inside its stores and quality training programs for its many team members. Rutter's Farm Stores serve more than 60,000 people daily—more than 20 million customers a year.

As the millennium comes to a close, Rutter's remains a family owned and operated group of companies. Combined, the annual payrolls exceed $12 million. An additional $15 million per year is paid to milk producers on family farms in York and Adams counties. Current estimates indicate that the group of companies returns approximately $70 million yearly to Pennsylvania's economy. Rutter's annual fund-raising efforts contribute over $75,000 to local organizations and charities. The shirt-sleeved Rutter's Management Team attributes much of its success to the high caliber and dedication of its employees—from the milkman of years ago who plowed through hip-deep snow to deliver the milk to the youngest counter clerk who greets Farm Store customers with helpful cheer. In the swirl of change of the 1990's and explosive growth, one thing remains constant: the Rutter's companies retain their family atmosphere. George, Bud and Lehman would be proud.