food manufacturing founded 1950 headquarters denver colorado u.s. key people james leprino founder chairman & ceo mike durkin president products dairy ingredients number of employees 4 000 2014 website www.leprinofoods.com leprino foods is an american company with headquarters in denver colorado that produces cheese lactose whey protein and sweet whey . 1 2 it is the world s largest maker of mozzarella cheese . 3 overview edit leprino foods was founded by james leprino s father mike leprino in 1950 as a family owned market selling grocery items and handmade cheese in denver . 1 2 it was first sold under the gina marie brand . 1 leprino foods has facilities in waverly new york ; remus michigan ; allendale michigan ; greeley colorado ; fort morgan colorado ; roswell new mexico ; singapore ; tracy california ; and lemoore california . 2 it operates plants in northern ireland and wales . 2 the company s cheeses include mozzarella reduced fat monterey jack provolone reduced fat cheddar and various cheese blends mainly for pizzeria and foodservice operators frozen food manufacturers and private label cheese packagers . in 2009 it was ranked by forbes as the 165th largest private company in the united states . 4 references edit a b c official website about us a b c d businessweek profile cathy proctor patrick sweeney denver s big cheese leprino cuts a huge slice of the mozzarella market in denver business journal december 29 2002 1 forbes company profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title leprino foods & oldid 741965719 categories food and drink companies established in 1950companies based in colorado1950 establishments in colorado 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 30 september 2016 at 20 14 . 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