Toft Dairy's ice cream operations reflect a heritage of quality
The ice cream Toft Dairy produces at its Sandusky, Ohio, plant is subject to the high standards the company has had in place for all of its products over the last 119 years
Large signs touting “Toft’s ‘One Quality’” and “Ohio’s Oldest Dairy” greet visitors to Toft Dairy’s 74,500-square-foot dairy plant/headquarters facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Those two messages amply describe the family-owned company’s heritage. After all, Toft Dairy, guided by five generations of the Toft and Meisler families, has been producing consistently high-quality dairy products for 119 years (see Processor Profile, page 44). And ice cream is a big part of that quality product mix, with the frozen treat accounting for almost half of the plant’s production.
Like the company’s overall operations, plant operations are a family affair. Assistant Vice President Josh Meisler, a fifth-generation family member, is the ice cream production manager. And fourth-generation family member Denny Meisler is the plant manager and a company vice president.