Schreiber Foods
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Schreiber Foods Inc., is a dairy company which produces and distributes cheese, process cheese, cream cheese and yogurthttp://www.schreiberfoods.com/Dairy-products.aspx It is an employee-owned
Employee-owned corporation
An employee share ownership plan is the practice of companies giving staff members shares in their company as part of their salary....

 customer brand dairy company headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...

. With more than $4 billion in annual sales, Forbes
Forbes
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 ranked Schreiber Foods as 124th on its year 2010 list of privately held companies.

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 with its original plant in Green Bay, Wis. In 1950, Schreiber Foods opened a second cheese plant in Carthage, Missouri. Schreiber added two more plants in the 1970s in Logan, Utah and Monett, Missouri. In 2000, Schreiber purchased the Beatrice Foods plant in Waukesha, WI. It closed that plant employing 170 in 2002. Schreiber purchased Pinnacle Cheese in Pittsburgh, PA in 2000. It closed the plant employing 100 in 2003. Schreiber purchased Raskas Foods in St. Louis, MO in 2002. It closed the St Louis plant employing 220 in 2005, while maintaining plants in Texas and Pennsylvania.

By the end of 2000, six more were added to include additional operations in Missouri, Arizona and Wisconsin. Since then, they've expanded to include domestic plants in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, Nebraska and California, in addition to international operations in Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Mexico and Uruguay.

In 1962, Schreiber sold the cheese operation to 13 employees, including Bush and Nusbaum. As the company began to expand into products other than cheese, the L.D. Schreiber Company changed its name to Schreiber Foods Inc. in 1980. Then in 1999, Schreiber created an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), turning ownership of the company over to all of its employees, or partners.

Cheese production

Schreiber produces customer brand process, natural and cream cheeses and yogurt for restaurants, grocery stores and foodservice distributors. Schreiber is the United States' second-largest producer of cream cheese
Cream cheese
Cream cheese is a soft, mild-tasting, white cheese with a high fat content. Traditionally, it is made from unskimmed milk enriched with additional cream....

 and one of the largest yogurt producers. Schreiber produces cheese slices that are used on cheeseburgers by 17 of the top 20 hamburger chains.

Employees

Schreiber employs more than 7,000 people worldwide. It is headed by President and CEO Mike Haddad, chairman Larry Ferguson, and CFO Matt Mueller. Jerry Smyth is the General Counsel. Ownership of the company was transferred to employees in the form of an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) in 1999.

Locations

The company is headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...

. It has United States production facilities in (* denotes location is also a distribution center):
  • Tempe, Arizona
    Tempe, Arizona
    Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...

  • Fullerton, California
    Fullerton, California
    Fullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 135,161.It was founded in 1887 by George and Edward Amerige and named for George H. Fullerton, who secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway...

  • Gainesville, Georgia
    Gainesville, Georgia
    -Severe Weather:Gainesville sits on the very fringe of Tornado Alley, a region of the United States where severe weather is common. Supercell thunderstorms can sweep through any time between March and November, but are concentrated most in the spring...

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  • Carthage, Missouri
    Carthage, Missouri
    Carthage is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 14,378 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Jasper County and is nicknamed "America's Maple Leaf City."...

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  • Clinton, Missouri
    Clinton, Missouri
    Clinton is a city in Henry County, Missouri, United States. The city was named for New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. The population was 9,311 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Henry County.-Geography:Clinton is located at...

  • Monett, Missouri
    Monett, Missouri
    Monett is a city in Monett Township in Barry County and Pierce Township in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,873 at the 2010 census...

  • Mount Vernon, Missouri
    Mount Vernon, Missouri
    Mount Vernon is a city in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,017 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lawrence County. It is regionally known for its annual Apple butter Makin' Days festival in October. The high school's athletic teams are known as the...

  • Ravenna, Nebraska
    Ravenna, Nebraska
    Ravenna is a city in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,341 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ravenna is located at ....

  • Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
    Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
    Shippensburg is a borough in Cumberland and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Settled in 1730, Shippensburg lies in the Cumberland Valley, 41 miles west-southwest of Harrisburg, and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1900, 3,228 people...

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  • Stephenville, Texas
    Stephenville, Texas
    Stephenville is a city in and the county seat of Erath County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,921 at the 2000 census. Founded in 1856, it is home to Tarleton State University. Stephenville is among several communities that calls itself the "Cowboy Capital of the...

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  • Logan, Utah
    Logan, Utah
    -Layout of the City:Logan's city grid originates from its Main and Center Street block, with Main Street running north and south, and Center east and west. Each block north, east, south, or west of the origin accumulates in additions of 100 , though some streets have non-numeric names...

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  • Smithfield, Utah
    Smithfield, Utah
    Smithfield is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 9,495 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the second largest city in the area after the county seat, Logan...

  • Green Bay, Wisconsin
    Green Bay, Wisconsin
    Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...

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  • Richland Center, Wisconsin
    Richland Center, Wisconsin
    Richland Center is a city in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States, which also serves as the county seat. The population was 5,184 at the 2010 census.-History:Richland Center was founded in 1851 by Ira Sherwin Hazeltine, a native of Andover, Vermont...

  • West Bend, Wisconsin
    West Bend, Wisconsin
    West Bend is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Wisconsin, United States in southeastern Wisconsin. The population was estimated to be 29,894 in 2008...



There are also international production facilities in:
  • Hörbranz, Austria
  • Curitiba, Brazil
  • Tianjin, China
  • Wangen, Germany
  • Baramati, India
    Baramati
    Baramati is a city and a municipal council in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India.Agriculture is the main occupation of the people of Baramati. The main food crops grown include sugarcane, grapes, and cotton...

  • Leon, Mexico
  • San Jose, Uruguay
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