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Article: Small cheese plant is big on heritage
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 27, 2000
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The Cheese Challenge
Small cheese plant is big on heritage
By KAREN HERZOG
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Wednesday, September 27, 2000
Gibbsville -- The bustling Gibbsville Cheese plant is as much a
cornerstone of this quiet, rural hamlet as the local farm implement
dealership.
The cheese plant's white metal exterior practically sparkles,
beckoning customers inside.
The retail store that fronts the plant sells T-shirts touting
cheese and plush Holstein cow toys that snore when you press their
tummies. That's in addition to all the fine cheeses displayed in long
coolers, many of them fresh from the factory, which employs 15
people.
The Christmas season is an especially busy time here. Area ...