South Edmeston is a
hamlet
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(and census-designated place)
on the
Unadilla River in the
Town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of
Edmeston in
Otsego County, New York, United States.
This area had been a center of dairy farming and cheese production since the nineteenth century.
Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods Group, Inc. was an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate (company), conglomerate, split from Kraft Foods Inc. on October 1, 2012, and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It became part of Kraft Heinz on July ...
had operated a cheese plant in South Edmeston starting in the year 1920. They originally produced Philadelphia brand
cream cheese
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. Later they switched over to
Breyers yogurt
Yogurt (; , from , ; also spelled yoghurt, yogourt or yoghourt) is a food produced by bacterial Fermentation (food), fermentation of milk. Fermentation of sugars in the milk by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to ...
, and the plant employed about 55 workers.
In December 2004, Kraft announced that the plant would close on April 8, 2005. Following its closure, the plant was bought by the company Agro Farma under Turkish entrepreneur
Hamdi Ulukaya
Hamdi Ulukaya (born 26 October 1972) is a Turkish billionaire businessman, activist and philanthropist of Kurdish ethnicity based in the United States. He is the founder, owner, chairman, and chief executive officer of the strained yogurt bra ...
. In 2007, it launched the
Chobani brand of
Greek yogurt. Thanks to the surge in popularity of Greek yogurt, as of 2011, the company employs 600 workers at its South Edmeston headquarters and production facility, and continues to expand.
References
{{Otsego County, New York
Hamlets in New York (state)
Hamlets in Otsego County, New York