Klondike Wins 11 Awards at US Championship Cheese Contest
Klondike Cheese Co. earned several honorable awards at the 2023 United States Championship Cheese Contest in both cheese and yogurt categories.
There is no lack of knowledge to making great cheese; there are five Wisconsin Master Cheesemakers at Klondike and all of its employees are committed to producing high quality, authentic and consistent products.
“We couldn’t be more proud of our entire team,” said Luke Buholzer, vice president of sales at Klondike Cheese Company.
Best of Class honors went to Odyssey Feta, Odyssey Peppercorn Feta and Buholzer Brothers Dill Havarti.
Placing second in their classes were Odyssey Plain, Sweet Heat and Low-fat Feta’s, Odyssey Blueberry Greek Yogurt and Odyssey Plain Greek Yogurt. Third place awards went to Odyssey Low-fat Vanilla Yogurt, Odyssey Peach Greek Yogurt and Odyssey Plain Greek Yogurt.
In total, Klondike received 11 top-three accolades.
“Every year, the competition increases across the country. Winning these awards shows our commitment to quality while embracing technology to be able to grow and meet customer’s demands. It pushes us to continue putting our best products out in the market day after day. It is humbling to see that hard work recognized by experienced judges during this contest,” Buholzer said.
The U.S. Championship Cheese Contest, held Feb. 21-23 in Green Bay, Wis., and hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, is the largest technical cheese, butter and yogurt competition in the United States and has been held biennially since 1981. A total of 2,249 entries of cheeses, butters and yogurts from 35 states were entered for technical evaluation.
For more information about Klondike Cheese Co., Odyssey and Buholzer Brothers products, including recipes and detailed product information, visit www.klondikecheese.com.
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Miyoko’s Creamery Founder Leaves Company
Leading plant milk dairy maker Miyoko’s Creamery and its founder, Miyoko Schinner, have parted ways as the company enters a new stage of growth. With this, Miyoko has exited as CEO and is no longer involved in day-to-day operations.
Miyoko’s Creamery has partnered with esteemed executive search firm, Heidrick & Struggles, to fill the open seat with a highly qualified, passionate, and mission-driven leader, ready to take the company into its next stage of growth. Company CFO, Jon Blair, has stepped into the role of interim president to guide this transition. Blair brings strong CPG experience and critical plant-based industry know-how to the role, having served as CFO at Rebbl and head of finance at Plum Organics.
Through this transitional period, Miyoko’s Creamery is making significant strides to perfect the art of creating cheese and butter from plant milks. The company continues to bring innovative, delicious and better-for-you dairy alternatives to market that appeal to consumers seeking plant-forward eating, including the company’s recently launched, category first-of-its-kind Cinnamon Raisin Plant Milk Cream Cheese product.
The company remains ever committed to delivering the highest quality vegan products to serve customers and challenge category norms with taste appeal, culinary excellence, and compassion. Through this commitment, Miyoko’s Creamery continues to be a Public Benefit Corporation with a stated public benefit that includes “selling new products that contain only plants, no animal ingredients, in order to eliminate animal suffering, reduce environmental stress, and improve human health”.
“Looking towards the future and exponential growth of the company, we are excited to continue and expand upon our brand mission and uphold our certified B Corporation of innovating products that only contain plant ingredients that are better for human health,” Blair said. “We also plan to make our current portfolio of products more available and to innovate products with simple, vegan ingredients, time-honored techniques, and delicious flavors.
“We continue to be driven by our core company values of craft, compassion, conviviality and courage, with these principles as our guiding light for future growth to come in the coming months and years.”
Miyoko’s cheese and butter are loved by chefs, pizzaiolos, cheesemongers, and sommeliers worldwide. Rapidly becoming a foodie favorite, Miyoko’s products are widely available in over 20,000 retailers nationwide, including Whole Foods, Sprouts, Target, Kroger and Walmart as well as in-home delivery services like Whole Foods Market via Amazon delivery and Instacart via select retailers, as well as on Miyokos.com.
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José Sánchez Peñate Dairy, Coffee, Bakery Equipment for Sale
Gordon Brothers, the global advisory, restructuring and investment firm, is offering for immediate sale by private treaty machinery and equipment from four plants in the Canary Islands formerly leased by the firm to the Spanish food products manufacturer and distributor José Sánchez Peñate.
José Sánchez Peñate primarily produced dairy products from two plants in Tenerife, Spain, and manufactured and supplied coffee and bakery products from two plants in Gran Canaria. The complete plant and available machinery equipment are as follows:
- Milk plant, including preparation, mixing, sterilization, cooling, packaging and palletizing systems.
- Yoghurt plant, including raw material reception, pasteurization of milk, mixing station, pasteurization of yoghurt, addition of starter, fermentation, packaging, palletizing, cooling and storage.
- Coffee plant, including raw materials reception, recipe preparation, roasting, milling, packing of coffee beans for restaurants or ground coffee, packaging, palletizing and storage.
- Bakery plant, including raw materials reception, kneading machines, forming machines, cutting and boarding, fermentation area, baking and cooling, packaging and palletizing.
“This unprecedented food manufacturing plant sale is already generating global interest and is an amazing opportunity to acquire machinery and equipment worth millions of euros,” said Duncan Ainscough, managing director, commercial & industrial at Gordon Brothers. “With over €95 billion of assets appraised and disposed in the food and beverage industry, we are a trusted partner with a deep understanding of this sector and a strong history in maximizing asset value for companies in Spain and throughout Europe.”
The machinery and equipment is installed and inspections are available by appointment only. To view the full list of available assets, visit Gordon Brothers’ website: www.gordonbrothers.com/JSP.
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