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Manufacturing
Hours:
Office closed to public, call ahead.
About Us
About Us
Manufacturers of Process Cheese and Cheese Sauces.
1899 - Welcome Dairy is established as a natural cheese manufacturing co-op.
1953 - The Eggebrecht family acquires Welcome Dairy, the Colby, WI plant, and 50+ years of cheese manufacturing expertise.
1966 - Welcome Dairy establishes our own brand.
1984 - Welcome enters the process cheese category, coins the name “functional cheese”, and invests in its first functional cheese production line.
1993 - Welcome exits the natural cheese business to focus on functional cheese.
1997 - Welcome adds second functional cheese production line.
Welcome builds cold storage facility in Unity, WI with store capacity of approximately 8-million pounds.
1998 - Welcome partners with Gamay Food Ingredients to produce and package liquid cheese pouch products.
1999 - Following extensive research and development, Welcome and Gamay begin liquid cheese pouch sales and win the packaged dinner business of a major grocery chain.
2005 - Welcome completes expansion project to double plant capacity in Colby, adding its 3rd and 4th lines.
2012 - Welcome undergoes second major expansion again doubling production and storage capacity.
2014 - Welcome and Gamay introduce Single Serve Dipping Cups and Food Service pouches for dairy-based dips/sauces and dipping cups for school lunch program serving as springboard for new cup business.
2015 - Welcome completes 10,000 sq. ft. office renovation and addition.
2016 - Welcome acquires Gamay after nearly two decades of partnering as independent companies.
2018 - Welcome adds lines 7 and 8 with th
Highlights
- Make process cheeses
- Make cheese sauces
- Cold storage
