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OH SNAP!
of a 67,000-square foot, all-refrigerated
building in Little Chute to go with
its existing buildings and distribution
centers in Appleton, Bear Creek and
Seymour.
Previously, Oh Snap! products were
processed and packed at the Bear Creek
facility, which was designed to produce
sauerkraut, not pickled vegetables.
" When we had the idea for this
product line, we were kind of
shoehorning equipment in. We started
very small; there was no flow to the
layout, " said Ryan M. Downs, company
president. " As the line grew, we just
flat out ran out of space. "
Whereas the facility in Bear Creek
has limited cooler space, the new Oh
Snap! building is totally refrigerated.
Increased chilled space will allow the
company to source more Wisconsingrown
vegetables.
" The Wisconsin (cucumber) season
is about a six-week season, " Downs
said. " The idea is to bring in as much
as we can because we can now store it
while it's brining. It's a lot cheaper to
 The new Oh Snap! facility started out with a pair of Somic 424 W3 end-of-line packaging machines and
has since added a third. Photo: Oh Snap!
buy the stuff grown in your backyard
rather than getting it from Mexico. "
The move also gave GLK the chance
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to address its makeshift pickling
production line. Production now moves
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methodically through the building,
with vegetables entering at one end
of the facility and, after processing,
brining, packaging and packing, leaving
out the opposite end.
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