Belle Plaine Cheese Factory

Sargento Foods is a family-owned company that operates three business divisions that include consumer products, food service and food ingredients. The company employs more than 1,300 people at four Wisconsin facilities in Plymouth, Kiel, Hilbert and Elkhart Lake, Wis. The consumer products division is a packager and marketer of shredded, snack and specialty cheeses, cheese and noncheese snack food items and ethnic sauces. The food service division is a producer of custom cheese products that are tailor-made to the specifications of many national restaurant chains. These products include natural sliced and shredded cheeses and breaded appetizers. The food ingredients division provides custom cheese products to meet the needs of other food manufacturers. These products include sliced, shredded and diced cheeses, portion control packs, fillings and sauces.