Gossner Foods facts for kids
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| Founded | 1966 |
| Headquarters | Logan, Utah |
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Kristan Jo Earl CEO & President |
Gossner Foods is a big company that makes cheese, especially Swiss cheese. It's one of the largest Swiss cheese makers in the United States. The company is located in Logan, Utah.
What Gossner Foods Does
Gossner Foods is famous for its Swiss cheese. But they actually make about 30 different kinds of cheese!
They also make special milk called UHT milk. This milk can stay fresh for a long time without needing a fridge. Gossner Foods sells this milk in stores. They also send it to American soldiers all over the world.
The main office for Gossner Foods is in Logan, Utah. They also have another factory in Heyburn, Idaho. More than 600 people work for the company. Gossner buys milk from about 300 farm families in Utah and Idaho.
As of 2018, the person in charge of the company is Kristan Jo Earl. She is the CEO, which stands for Chief Executive Officer.
How Gossner Foods Started
The founder of Gossner Foods was Edwin Gossner Sr. He was born in 1909 in Switzerland. In 1930, he moved to Wisconsin in the United States. He worked at his brother's cheese factory there. Edwin learned how to make cheese, just like his brother did in Switzerland. After three years, Edwin took over the factory.
Sadly, the factory burned down in 1937. So, Edwin moved to California and worked for another cheese company.
In 1941, Edwin Gossner opened his own cheese factory in Cache Valley, Utah. He chose this place because the weather and mountains were like Switzerland. Also, there was a lot of fresh milk from local farms. By 1946, his factory was the biggest Swiss cheese factory in the world. It made 120 big wheels of cheese every day. Each wheel weighed about 200 pounds!
In 1966, Edwin Gossner started the company we know today as Gossner Foods.
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