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17955 Great Lakes Pkwy Hiram, Ohio 44234, US

Great Lakes Cheese

Great Lakes Cheese is an award-winning, premier manufacturer and packager of natural and processed bulk, shredded, and sliced cheeses. As the nations leading natural cheese packager, Great Lakes Cheese serves grocery, club and super stores, as well as restaurant chains and foodservice distributors. The company has a national footprint with facilities in Ohio, New York, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin, and one under construction in Texas. Family- and employee-owned, Great Lakes Cheese celebrated their 60th year of business in 2018. Great Lakes Cheese was founded by Swiss immigrant, Hans Epprecht, who began his store-door delivery business in 1958. Since then, Great Lakes Cheese has grown to a multi-billion dollar revenue company. The company remains privately owned by the Epprecht Family and over 4,000 dedicated employee-owners. In 1998, the Epprecht Family established an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which gives all employee-owners a shared 20% stake in the company.

Great Lakes Cheese logo

Great Lakes Cheese

Great Lakes Cheese is an award-winning, premier manufacturer and packager of natural and processed bulk, shredded, and sliced cheeses. As the nations leading natural cheese packager, Great Lakes Cheese serves grocery, club and super stores, as well as restaurant chains and foodservice distributors. The company has a national footprint with facilities in Ohio, New York, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin, and one under construction in Texas. Family- and employee-owned, Great Lakes Cheese celebrated their 60th year of business in 2018. Great Lakes Cheese was founded by Swiss immigrant, Hans Epprecht, who began his store-door delivery business in 1958. Since then, Great Lakes Cheese has grown to a multi-billion dollar revenue company. The company remains privately owned by the Epprecht Family and over 4,000 dedicated employee-owners. In 1998, the Epprecht Family established an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which gives all employee-owners a shared 20% stake in the company.

greatlakescheese.com

17955 Great Lakes Pkwy Hiram, Ohio 44234, US

Details

Year founded

1958

Revenue

25M-75M

Employees

1001-5000

Number of locations

13

NAICS

311

SIC

2086

Products & Services

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  • Bulk Cheese
  • Food
  • Foodservice Equipment
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Equipment

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  • Cheese packaging machines
  • Cheese slicing machines
  • Cheese shredding machines
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Ramping up production

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Target industries

Food And Beverage
Manufacturing
Retail

Employees working in Great Lakes Cheese

Dan Zagzebski

President and chief executive officer

Mark Anderson

Chief financial officer

Edward Learoyd

Executive vice president, food safety, quality and regulatory [ cpo

Elizabeth Jarrell

Principal

Tony Hartmann

Owner

Employees working in Great Lakes Cheese

Dan Zagzebski

President and chief executive officer

Mark Anderson

Chief financial officer

Edward Learoyd

Executive vice president, food safety, quality and regulatory [ cpo

Elizabeth Jarrell

Principal

Tony Hartmann

Owner

Russell Mullins

Vice president ingredients and chief financial officer

Jeremy Fowler

Chief operating officer

News

The Salamanca Press

Great Lakes Cheese Co. plant in Franklinville on schedule

The Salamanca Press

Great Lakes Cheese Co. plant in Franklinville on schedule

Production at the state-of-the-art cheese plant will come online in late 2024, but the first new employees at the plant will arrive in January to get ready to...

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Locations (14)

HQ

Great Lakes Cheese

17955 Great Lakes Pkwy Hiram, Ohio 44234, US

Great Lakes Cheese

23 Phelps St, Adams, NY 13605

Great Lakes Cheese- Wausau Speciality Plant

Wausau, WI 54401

Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.

9912 Innovation Way, Wausau, WI 54401

Empire Cheese

4520 Co Rd 6, Cuba, NY 14727

Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc

17825 Great Lakes Pkwy, Hiram, OH 44234

Great Lakes Cheese Company

885 Manchester Industrial Pkwy, Manchester, TN 37355

Great Lakes Cheese

2602 County Rd PP, Plymouth, WI 53073

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.

2670 Great Lks Dr, Abilene, TX 79602

Great Lakes Cheese

2200 Enterprise Avenue La Crosse, Wisconsin 54603-1794, US

Great Lakes Cheese Manufacturing

8018 NY-16, Franklinville, NY 14737

Great Lakes Cheese

124 e bronson rd, seymour, wi 54165

Great Lakes Cheese, Inc.

2200 Enterprise Ave, La Crosse, WI 54603

Great Lakes Cheese

780 W 1400 S St, Fillmore, UT 84631

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Great Lakes Cheese offers a range of services and capabilities, including Bulk Cheese.


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Great Lakes Cheese uses a variety of equipment, including Cheese packaging machines.


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Great Lakes Cheese serves several industries, including the food and beverage industry.


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Great Lakes Cheese operates from 13 locations.


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The headquarters of Great Lakes Cheese are located in 17955 great lakes parkway, hiram, ohio 44234, united states.


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The NAICS code for Great Lakes Cheese is 311.


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Great Lakes Cheese has 1170 employees.


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The official website of Great Lakes Cheese is https://www.greatlakescheese.com/.


Great Lakes Cheese was founded in 1958.