The Good Humor/Breyers Wisconsin office will close during the fourth quarter of 2008. The company, owned by Unilever, will transfer or terminate the 245 employees at the location.
The company said it is integrating its ice cream business into its North American organization, with a goal of having one operating company per country. Its North American operations are based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Netherlands-based Unilever Group has operations around the world.
Gold Bond Ice Cream, founded by Thomas H. Lutsey Sr. of Green Bay in 1938, was one of the forerunners of the current company. Unilever acquired the Green Bay ice cream operations in 1993.