Specialty Cheese Company Expands Reeseville, Wisconsin, Operations
08/13/2019
The project includes plans to expand Specialty Cheese Company’s Reeseville facility to allow the company to further increase capacity for its new snack line and improve capacity for its fresh cheese products. The company also plans to remodel a portion of its factory to accommodate new equipment and increase capacity for manufacturing.
Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is supporting the project by authorizing up to $100,000 in state income tax credits over the next three years. The actual amount of tax credits Specialty Cheese Company will receive is contingent upon the number of jobs created and the amount of capital investment during that period.
Specialty Cheese Company Inc. was founded in Reeseville in 1991, when the Scharfman family purchased five old cheese factories dating back to the 1860s. Since then, the company has continued to expand and modernize, purchasing a local high school and converting it into a cheese factory in 2003.
“I am grateful for the help of WEDC in helping our family and our community build our business,” said Specialty Cheese Company President Paul Scharfman. “It is expensive for a small business to invest in capital improvements and capacity expansion. WEDC’s help is invaluable.”
“Specialty Cheese Company’s investment in Wisconsin shows the company’s continued commitment to our state and their workforce,” said Mark R. Hogan, Secretary & CEO of WEDC, the state’s lead economic development organization. “This expansion will require a significant capital investment on the part of the company, and WEDC is proud to provide support to make this a viable project for the company and its employees.”
According to WEDC, the company tripled employment within the last 25 years and continues to be a national leader in ethnic cheese manufacturing, producing over 35 varieties of cheese representing dozens of ethnic traditions. Ten Wisconsin licensed cheesemakers lead production for the company, with more than 100 family farmers supplying the company with milk every day.
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