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Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery masterfully adapts its plant operations

Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery masterfully adapts its plant operations

The cooperative made smart moves in its Ellsworth, Wis.-based plant to adjust to its increased production and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic.
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Anna Boisseau
August 31, 2020
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The small town of Ellsworth, Wis., which is tucked into the Northwest corner of Wisconsin close to the Twin Cities, has a big claim to fame. In a state renowned for its cheese curds, it was the town designated the "Cheese Curd Capital of Wisconsin" due to being home to the eponymous Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery.
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Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery focuses on its community

Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery focuses on its community

The cooperative’s collective attitude extends to its approachable brand personality and its investments in the local community.
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Anna Boisseau
August 24, 2020
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Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery is so known for its cheese curd production that former Gov. Anthony S. Earl named Ellsworth, Wis., the town where the company is based, the "Cheese Curd Capital of Wisconsin" in 1984.
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Baker Cheese’s St. Cloud, Wis., plant produces over 200 SKUs under its own brand and for private label customers.

Baker Cheese’s facility is Dairy Foods’ 2020 Plant of the Year winner

Nearly 4,000 votes were cast in this year’s poll, and the string cheese processor’s plant came out on top.
August 2, 2020
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On behalf of the entire Baker Cheese team, we are honored to be voted the Dairy Foods 2020 "Plant of the Year." Our plant’s success is directly impacted by the incredible dedication and talents of our 250-plus employees and the quality of milk we receive from our local farms. These two critical components allow us to partner with an amazing list of customers that value our award-winning and world-class string cheese.
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Pictured are (top row, l to r) Kevin Baker, chief financial officer, and Eric Baker, vice president of marketing and sales; (bottom row, l to r) Jeff Baker, executive vice president, and Brian Baker, president and CEO.

Baker Cheese Inc. continues its cheesemaking legacy

The fourth-generation owners of Baker Cheese are expanding the family business while continuing to produce its trademark high-quality string cheese
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Anna Boisseau
March 3, 2020
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Some people, including, most famously, Steve Jobs, say that it is better to focus on one thing and do it well. Off a nondescript state highway in east-central Wisconsin, Baker Cheese Inc. is proving the adage to be true.
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BelGioioso named 2019 Exporter of the Year

BelGioioso named 2019 Exporter of the Year

Errico Auricchio built a company using Italian artisan methods, passed down generation-to-generation, to create specialty cheeses that have been sold in 45 countries
Mark O'Keefe
November 7, 2019
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In a board meeting room dominated by a framed oil painting of his great grandfather, Errico Auricchio tells the story about his audacious entrepreneurial dream. In 1979, he left Italy with his wife and young children to craft specialty cheeses with the same artisan methods his family had used for 100 years.
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Rumiano Cheese Co.’s plant closes the loop

Rumiano Cheese Co.’s plant closes the loop

Rumiano Cheese Co.’s plant strives to ensure nothing is wasted in its cheese-making process.
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Anna Boisseau
September 5, 2019
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Idyllic Crescent City, Calif., is known for being the gateway to Redwood National and State Parks, where some of the oldest trees in the United States live. But the small town, which hugs the Pacific Ocean right by the Oregon border, has another claim to fame.
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Rumiano Cheese Co. is a cheese-making trendsetter

Rumiano Cheese Co. is a cheese-making trendsetter

As it celebrates its 100-year anniversary, forward-thinking Rumiano Cheese Co. looks to new opportunities to expand
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Anna Boisseau
September 4, 2019
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In certain ways, the story of Rumiano Cheese Co. sounds a lot like the American dream. It all began when the Rumianos emigrated from Northern Italy to the San Francisco area during World War I to work first in the mines, and then in the shipyards. A century later, their flourishing cheese company is still in the family.
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Relationships matter to Schreiber Foods

Relationships matter to Schreiber Foods

Thanks to a commitment to food quality, corporate integrity and innovation, Schreiber Foods has built long-lasting customer relationships that have been instrumental to the company’s strong growth.
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Kathie Canning
March 12, 2019
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Schreiber Foods (Schreiber) is among the largest privately held companies in the United States. The dairy processor ranked No. 74 on Forbes' 2018 "Americas' Largest Private Companies" list and posted $5.2 billion in revenues in 2018.
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Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery - Ellsworth, Wis.

The cooperative has operated a plant in Ellsworth since 1910, but the facility’s cheesemaking operations began in the 1960s. In the 1980s, Ellsworth began expanding its cheese curd production beyond just local sales. The company now manufactures 180 SKUs in Ellsworth. (It also operates plants in Comstock, Wis., and New London, Wis.).

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