held mail order food gift company operating in sun prairie wisconsin wisconsin . established in 1946 the company publishes several catalogs and emails each year to promote its line of over 300 products consisting of wisconsin cheese sausage chocolates fruitcakes petits fours cakes cookies fresh fruits nuts breads and other assorted food gifts . history edit the wisconsin cheeseman was owned and operated for 60 years by the founding family the cremers . it was composed of three divisions the wisconsin cheeseman mille lacs gourmet foods and scott s fundraising resource . the company employed 170 workers and recorded 36.4 million in sales in 2006 . 1 in 2007 the wisconsin cheeseman was purchased by a group of private investors the wisconsin food gift company . 2 that company went into receivership in february 2011 and its assets were auctioned off . 3 the wisconsin cheeseman was purchased by colony brands the parent company of swiss colony . 4 mille lacs gourmet foods was acquired by steve s wholesale dairy company of sun prairie . 3 references edit wisconsin food gift company llc . hoovers . 2010 10 21 . archived from the original on june 7 2011 . retrieved 2011 08 26 . investor group buys wisconsin cheeseman . multichannel merchant . april 24 2007 . retrieved 2011 08 26 . a b jane burns acquisition of wisconsin cheeseman assets approved in court wisconsin state journal march 7 2011 . retrieved december 4 2012 . tim parry and jim tierney swiss colony parent acquires wisconsin cheeseman multichannel merchant march 10 2011 . retrieved december 4 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wisconsin cheeseman & oldid 738633103 categories companies established in 1946companies based in madison wisconsindirect marketingfood and drink companies of the united states1946 establishments in wisconsinsausage companieshidden categories wisconsin articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 04 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view