In addition to the construction jobs, the company anticipates adding at least 125 new jobs within three years of completing the site.
Great Lakes Cheese (GLC) has reached an agreement with the city of Wausau in Wisconsin to build a new $55 million cheese packaging plant. As part of the agreement, the city will contribute $5.9 million in tax incentives to the company to help offset the building of the new facility.
GLC will donate to Wausau the property where its current plant is located. In addition to the construction jobs, the company anticipates adding at least 125 new jobs within three years of completing the site.
Matt Wilkinson, project manager at GLC, praised the local government for its contribution to the project. “This assistance makes it possible for GLC to remain in Wausau, where our cheese business has a 90-year history,” he said.
Dan Zagzebski, CEO of GLC, said: “It is part of GLC’s culture to take a long-term approach to every business decision. We think in terms of generations, not quarters.
“Looking through a long-term lens allows us to focus not only on what will make us more competitive, but also on what’s right for our employees and our communities.”
GLC was founded in 1958 and today has nine plants in five US states, and supplies cheese across the country. The company remains privately owned by the Epprecht family and its more than 2,600 employees.
