Great Lakes Cheese Company
Great Lakes Cheese
Who is Great Lakes Cheese
Great Lakes Cheese is an award-winning, premier manufacturer and packager of natural and processed bulk, shredded, and sliced cheeses. As the largest natural cheese packager, Great Lakes Cheese serves grocery, club and super stores, as well as restaurant chains and foodservice distributors. The company has a national footprint with facilities in Ohio, New York, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin, and one under construction in Texas. Family- and employee-owned, Great Lakes Cheese celebrated their 60th year of business in 2018.
Great Lakes Cheese was founded by Swiss immigrant, Hans Epprecht, who began his store-door delivery business in 1958. Since then, Great Lakes Cheese has grown to a multi-billion dollar revenue company. The company remains privately owned by the Epprecht Family and over 4,000 dedicated employee-owners. In 1998, the Epprecht Family established an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which gives all employee-owners a shared 20% stake in the company.
GLC’s Mission
Mission: Pack every moment with passion and potential.
Every moment of every day, there is a Great Lakes Cheese facility running product and packing it for our customers. Our employee-owners make that happen. We bring a can-do attitude to what we do and care for those around us. We welcome and encourage employee-owners to speak up, share ideas for continuous improvement, and take initiative. With our unending passion and approach of seeing potential in our work environments and careers, we provide families across the nation with nutritious cheese.
Benefits of working at GLC
Our commitment to employee-owners extends beyond a paycheck. We offer competitive benefit options to support our employee-owners and their families. Benefit options available through Great Lakes Cheese:
• Medical and Prescription Drug
• Vision
• Dental
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k)
• Life
• Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid personal Time
