Westby Creamery announces $14 million expansion

WESTBY – A $14 million expansion is underway at Westby Cooperative Creamery as the company ramps up cottage cheese production to meet growing demand.

Emily Bialkowski – sales and marketing director at Westby, located at 206 S. Main St. – said the culture cheese product manufacturer is the only cottage cheese producer in the dairy state.

“We are cultured dairy specialists – meaning we do cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurts and sour cream-based dips – and we are the only cottage cheese manufacturer in the State of Wisconsin,” she said. “So, we are really cottage cheese specialists.”

Though there is no lack of creameries across Wisconsin, Bialkowski said it’s typical for businesses to specialize their offerings...