How many employees work at Great Lakes Cheese?
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. has 1,453 employees, according to Revelio Labs workforce intelligence data. The YoY growth rate is 1.6%.
Data source: Revelio Labs Coverage: Global workforce Latest update: September 2025
About Great Lakes Cheese
Great Lakes Cheese is an award-winning, premier manufacturer and packager of natural and processed bulk, shredded, and sliced cheeses. As the nation’s leading natural cheese packager, Great Lakes Cheese serves grocery, club and super stores, as well as restaurant chains and foodservice distributors. The company has a national footprint with facilities in Ohio, New York, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin, and one under construction in Texas. Family- and employee-owned, Great Lakes Cheese celebrated their 60th year of business in 2018. Great Lakes Cheese was founded by Swiss immigrant, Hans Epprecht, who began his store-door delivery business in 1958. Since then, Great Lakes Cheese has grown to a multi-billion dollar revenue company. The company remains privately owned by the Epprecht Family and over 4,000 dedicated employee-owners. In 1998, the Epprecht Family established an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which gives all employee-owners a shared 20% stake in the company.
As of September 2025
Great Lakes Cheese
workforce metrics
Headcount
1.5k
Avg. Salary
$72.1k
Tenure
4.7yr
Growth Rate
1.6%
Hiring Rate
Attrition Rate
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Employee Headcount
Interactive chart of Great Lakes Cheese annual worldwide employee count from 2023 to 2025.
- Great Lakes Cheese total number of employees in 2025 was 1,452.86, a 1.6% increase from 2024.
- Great Lakes Cheese total number of employees in 2024 was 1,422.844, a 2.6% increase from 2023.
- Great Lakes Cheese total number of employees in 2023 was 1,389.319, a 4.2% increase from 2022.
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Employee Geographic Breakdown
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Active Job Postings
Interactive chart of Great Lakes Cheese annual active job postings from 2023 to 2025.
- Great Lakes Cheese active job postings in 2025 was 144, a 55.6% decline from 2024.
- Great Lakes Cheese active job postings in 2024 was 140, a 10.2% decline from 2023.
- Great Lakes Cheese active job postings in 2023 was 155, a 17.6% decline from 2022.
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Employee Sentiment
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