Schreiber Foods says it plans to close its processed cheese plant in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. at the end of September and shift production to Missouri. Schreiber Foods is a $3 billion global enterprise and the world’s largest customer-brand dairy company. They provide products to the biggest names in fast food and are the world’s largest supplier of private-label dairy products to grocery chains and wholesalers.
Deborah Van Dyk is vice president of industry and regulator affairs with the Green Bay-based Schreiber. She says a small amount of production could continue beyond Sept. 30, depending on how the transition works out.
Van Dyk also says the decision was made to transfer production to Schreiber’s Fairview facility in Carthage, Mo., because it is closer to the southeastern United States. The products made at Wisconsin Rapids tend to be shipped to customers in that region, she said.
The plant has 140 production, quality assurance, laboratory and office workers.