headquarters logan utah key people dolores gossner wheeler ceo & president website www.gossner.com gossner foods is one of the largest cheese manufacturers in the united states and is based in logan utah . contents 1 overview 2 history 3 see also 4 references overview edit gossner foods specializes in producing varieties of swiss cheese but makes about 30 types of cheese all together . 1 the company also produces uht shelf stable milk for retail sale and for the military . 2 gossner foods has a contract to supply uht milk to american troops stationed around the world with the exception of the persian gulf region . kuwaiti based company public warehousing was awarded that contract since federal law permits the u.s. military to buy non american products in combat zones . 3 the company is headquartered in logan and has plants in el centro california and heyburn idaho and employs more than 500 people . 4 gossner buys milk from 300 farm families throughout utah and idaho . 5 as of 2012 the chief executive officer was dolores gossner wheeler . 1 6 history edit edwin gossner sr. was born in 1909 in the eastern region of egliswil waldkirch switzerland . in 1930 he moved to burke wisconsin to work in his brother s cheese factory . after a three year apprenticeship learning the techniques his brother acquired at the swiss cheesemaking school of switzerland edwin took over the factory . 7 the factory burned down in 1937 so gossner moved to california where he worked for the rumiano cheese company . 7 in 1941 gossner opened a cheese factory in cache valley utah a location he chose because the climate and elevation resembled that of switzerland and because of the abundant supply of local milk . in 1946 his factory was the largest swiss cheese factory in the world producing 120 200 pound 91 kg wheels of cheese each day . 7 in 1966 gossner founded the current company gossner foods . 7 see also edit companies portal food portal list of cheesemakers references edit a b blazebullock 10 october 2012 . ceo credits gossner foods inc. s success to teamwork . deseret news . retrieved 9 december 2012 . dairyman wants to send milk to middle east . the deseret news 7 april 2008 utah and idaho dairy farmers donate milk to u.s. military in iraq . the salt lake tribune 12 sept 2009 refrigerated transporter news aggie insights jan 2005 why the taste test gis don t prefer utah milk . the salt lake tribune 28 april 2007 a b c d gossner foods website this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gossner foods & oldid 647125022 categories cheesemakersmanufacturing companies based in utah1966 establishments in utahfood company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 14 february 2015 at 17 36 . 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