Schoep's Ice Cream

Schoep's Ice Cream
Private
Founded 1928
Headquarters 2070 Helena Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53704
Products Ice Cream
Revenue $40 Million (as of 2008)
Number of employees
 150
Slogan Wisconsin's Finest Since 1928
Website www.schoepsicecream.com

Schoep's Ice Cream is an ice cream manufacturing company based in Madison, Wisconsin.[1]

History

The factory located on Division Street in Madison, Wisconsin

Schoep's Ice Cream was founded by E.J. Schoephoester in 1928. Schoephoester made and sold the ice cream in his grocery store. By 1937 Schoep's Ice Cream had grown in local popularity and E. B. Schoephoester sold his company to Peter B. Thomsen, a butter maker.[2] The company has been kept in the Thomsen family, and as of 2008 it was owned in part by nineteen members of the Thomsen family.

Operation

All of Schoep's Ice Cream is currently produced from a single factory located on Division Street in Madison, Wisconsin. As of 2008 Schoeps was producing 6,000 gallons of ice cream an hour and 2.5 million gallons a year. With this high production rate, Schoeps has been recognized as the top producer of ice cream in the state of Wisconsin. Due to this growth, in 2005, Schoep's opened a $7 million, 46,000-square-foot (4,300 m2) distribution center on Manufacturers Drive, near the Dane County Regional Airport. This new facility features space for 3,600 pallets and 14 loading-dock doors. Before this facility was built, Schoeps had shipped all of their ice cream from two loading docks at their factory.[3][4]

In 2014, Schoep's allegedly refused to renew a multi-year lease with their long-term Division Street tenant, Jenifer Street Market. This forced Jenifer Street's owner, Steve McKenzie, to search for a new home for his business. Many patrons of Jenifer Street Market, concerned that their local grocery store of 35 years may be forced to move, complained to Schoep's. As of early 2015, it appeared that no agreement had been reached to keep Jenifer Street Market as Schoep's tenant.

Contracts

Walgreens

Schoep's ice cream is not generally distributed outside of the Midwest United States under the Schoep's brand, but instead as Walgreens brand Ice Cream. Since 1993 Schoep's has been the sole producer of ice cream sold under the Walgreens label. This contract accounts for more than 25 percent of Schoep's business.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us." Schoep's Ice Cream. Retrieved on December 22, 2010. "Schoep's Ice Cream 2070 Helena Street PO Box 3249 Madison, WI 53704."
  2. ↑ Engel, Larry (1982-08-27). "Schoep's ice cream sales lift company to top spot in state". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  3. ↑ Dudlicek, James (2008-02-01). "A Banner Year for Schoep’s". Dairyfoods report. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  4. ↑ Stein, Jason (2005-03-24). "I Scream, You Scream ... Ice Cream Maker Hopes Everyone Will Scream For Schoep's, The Local Brand". Wisconsin State Journal. Host.madison.com. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  5. ↑ Adams, Barry (2008-08-31). "Cream of the crop while fortunes melt for other state ice cream manufacturers, Schoep's is 80 and going strong". Madison.com. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
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