Knouse Foods Co-Operative

Knouse Foods, located in Peach Glen, Pa., is a cooperative fruit processor that produces food items, including apple butter, apple juice, apple sauce, pie filling, cherries and vinegar. Founded in 1949, Knouse owns an 80,000 square foot storage facility in Peach Glen. The facility contains 18 controlled atmosphere rooms, which enables it to regulate temperature and humidity, as well as oxygen and carbon dioxide content. Each of the rooms are 2,746 square feet and can hold 31 tractor loads of apples per room, allowing for total storage of 558,000 bushels. The company also operates processing plants in Chambersburg, Biglerville, Gardner and Orrtanna, Pa.; Paw Paw, Mich., and Inwood, W. Va. Knouse distributes their products to retailers and foodservice operations and provides a variety of packaging and packing solutions.

Founded in 1949, Knouse Foods Co-op Inc. is a group of several fruit growers along the Appalachian Mountains and throughout the Midwest. Based in Peach Glen, Pa., the cooperative operates six processing plants in two states, covering nearly 2.4 million square feet on close to 300,000 acres. It sells its fruit products to restaurants, cafeterias, health care facilities and local customers under the brand names of Musselman's, Lucky Leaf, Apple Time, Lincoln and Speas Farm. The group's foodservice lineup of products include apple sauces/juices, sliced apples, whole apples, pie fillings, vinegars, sparkling beverages, apple butter, puddings and cheese sauces. It is also engaged in co-packing of products, such as juices, teas, drinks, beverages, nutraceuticals and sauces for multi-material companies.