food processing founded 1936 headquarters new bothwell manitoba canada key people kevin thomson president len thomson vice president number of employees 60 1 website bothwellcheese.com bothwell cheese is canada s largest independently owned cheese maker known for its award winning cheeses which are branded under the same name . 2 the company located in new bothwell manitoba was founded in 1936 as a co operative by local farmers . 3 it operated as such until 2002 when it was purchased by a group of private investors . 4 contents 1 products 2 awards 3 see also 4 references 5 external links products edit bothwell cheese produces over 25 varieties of cheddar mozzarella smoked traditional and specialty cheeses . it also sells cheese curds different flavors of shredded cheese and variety packages . the company operates a retail shop at its new bothwell plant where it sells fresh cheese and company branded merchandise . 5 it also ships more than two million kilograms of cheese to grocery retailers throughout canada each year including major grocery chains costco sobeys safeway giant tiger and loblaws . 1 4 awards edit in 2014 bothwell cheese took top prize for its marble in the cheddar class at the british empire cheese show a title it has earned eight of the past nine years . it was also awarded first place in the monterrey jack class the previous year . this competition is one of canada s most prestigious cheese competitions and features distinguished cheese makers from around the world . 6 7 8 bothwell cheese also took home three awards at the 2006 canadian western agribition cheese competition in regina saskatchewan . bothwell was named grand champion in the two year old aged white cheddar class while also receiving awards in the cheddar and open classes . 9 the manitoba chamber of commerce named bothwell cheese the 2011 business of the year and their manitoba business awards . it has also been nominated in the category of outstanding manitoba ambassador . 10 see also edit companies portal food portal list of cheesemakers references edit a b cheese maker ages well . retrieved 2014 09 06 . new head cheese at bothwell cheese . the carillon . 2014 04 10 . historic sites of manitoba bothwell co op dairy . manitoba historical society . retrieved 17 april 2015 . a b bothwell wins all the marbles again the carillon september 15 2009 . archived from the original on february 28 2009 . retrieved 2009 03 24 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name wfp defined multiple times with different content see the help page . destinations just a day away . winnipeg free press . retrieved 2000 03 24 . check date values in access date help local company wins cheese prize winnipeg free press january 13 2009 . retrieved 2009 03 24 . bothwell cheese wins first place three peat at prestigious british empire cheese show mysteinbach.ca february 7 2009 . retrieved 2009 03 24 . bothwell is top cheese . winnipeg sun . december 2 2013 . retrieved january 2 2014 . press release bothwell wins three awards at western canadian cheese competition november 27 2006 . retrieved 2009 03 24 . finalists announced for manitoba business awards winnipeg free press july 10 2008 . retrieved 2009 03 24 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bothwell cheese & oldid 739005781 categories companies based in manitobacheesemakers1936 establishments in manitobahidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference namescs1 errors dates 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 12 september 2016 at 07 13 . 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