Foremost Farms USA will close its Chilton, Wisconsin, manufacturing facility in July 2020. Built in the 1940s, the Chilton plant makes Italian cheeses including Provolone which is sold into the foodservice market for sandwiches. The 53 employees who work at the location were informed of the company’s plans.
Wisconsin cheese company donates $2 million in product to help families during COVID-19 pandemic.
April 17, 2020
Sargento Foods Inc. is donating $2 million in cheese to Wisconsin’s anti-hunger leader, Hunger Task Force and its membership organization the Hunger Relief Federation of Wisconsin. To assist families outside Wisconsin, Sargento will provide donated cheese to Feeding America, the largest hunger relief organization in the U.S. The family-owned cheese company is providing relief by donating a total of 15.8 million cheese sticks which can feed more than 1.3 million households across the U.S.
Company designated as an essential business during coronavirus pandemic.
March 25, 2020
Over the past two weeks, our mission to deliver dairy that tastes better because it’s made better has taken on new significance. As Essential Workers, we feel our mission is our responsibility – to craft our products with love and care, to stay positive and keep going in the face of new challenges, and to provide solace and comfort to you and your family through good food.
The current production will be integrated into the company's newly constructed blue cheese facility in Almena, Wis.
November 10, 2017
Saputo Inc., Canada, announced measures aimed at improving its operational efficiency by closing its cheese manufacturing facility in Fond du Lac, Wis., effective May 2018.
The plant currently processes cheeses for Kraft Deli Deluxe slices, Handi-Snacks, loafs and foodservice products, and will be adding four new lines for the production of Velveeta loafs.
May 23, 2016
Kraft Heinz, Pittsburgh, Pa., announced plans to invest over $100 million in an expansion of its New Ulm, Minn., cheese processing plant.
FrieslandCampina announced plans to build a new cheese warehouse in Gerkesklooster, the Netherlands, and refurbish its brine plant that was destroyed in a fire on July 29.
French cheese processor La Compagnie des Fromages, a subsidiary of the Bongrain Group, is pursuing a policy to reduce its energy usage and CO2 emissions. That’s why it invested in a facility designed by Cofely Axima, a France-based leader in industrial refrigeration, and relies on state-of-the-art refrigeration equipment from Emerson Group, Philadelphia, Pa.
Wyke Farms opened the doors to its $2.3 million water recovery plant, which will enable the UK-based independent cheese producer and milk processor to recover up to 95% of its factory wastewater.
CSB-System International, Willowbrook, Ill., devised an advanced intralogistics system for Swiss cheese producer Züger Frischkäse AG in Oberbüren to automate the company’s stock control process while delivering a 50% time saving in picking speeds.