Schreiber Foods
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Schreiber Foods is the world's second largest cheese producer. [1] It is an employee-owned private-label cheese company headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin. With over $3 billion in annual sales[2], it is the largest privately-held cheese company in the world (only Kraft, a public company, is larger). Forbes ranked Schreiber Foods as the #91 on its 2005 list of privately-held companies.
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[edit] Company history
Schreiber Foods was founded in 1945 when L.D. Schreiber, in partnership with Merlin G. Bush and Daniel D. Nusbaum, started the L.D. Schreiber Cheese Company. Schreiber has expanded at a rate of nearly one new manufacturing facility per year in the past ten years. [1]
Schreiber purchased the Beatrice Foods plants in Waukesha, WI in 2000. It closed the plant employing 170 in 2002.
Schreiber purchased Pinnacle Cheese in Pittsburgh, PA in 2000. It closed the plant employing 100 in 2003.
[edit] Cheese production
Schreiber primarily produces private-label process and natural cheeses for restaurants and grocery stores. Schreiber is the United State's second-largest producer of cream cheese and has recently expanded into yogurt production as well. Schreiber produces cheese slices that are used on cheeseburgers by 17 of the top 20 hamburger chains. [3]
The company's brands include Ready-Cut cheese products, Raskas cream cheese, and Clearfield processed and natural cheeses. [3]
[edit] Employees
Schreiber employs over 5000 people. [2] It is headed by CEO Larry Ferguson, chairman John C. "Jack" Meng, and CFO Brian Liddy. Ownership of the company was transfered to employees in the form of an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) in 1999. [3]
[edit] Locations
The company is headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It has United States production facilities in Tempe, Arizona, Gainesville, Georgia, Carthage, Missouri, Clinton, Missouri, Monett, Missouri, Mt. Vernon, Missouri, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Stephenville, Texas, Logan, Utah, Smithfield, Utah, and Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. There are production facilities in Curitiba, Brazil, Niort, France, Wangen, Germany, Baramati, India, Leon, Mexico, and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. There distribution facilities in Gainesville, Georgia, Carthage, Missouri, Logan, Utah, and De Pere, Wisconsin. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b History at Official website
- ^ a b Who We Are at Official Website
- ^ a b c Business Enotes
- ^ Locations at Official website
