Schwan’s Convenience Foods Plant Marshall, Minnesota

Schwan’s is a major manufacturer of frozen foods in the USA, and this is the largest of four plants operated by the company in the small southwestern Minnesota town of Marshall, Schwan’s home town. It is located in an industrial park in the north end of town, near a major ADM storage facility. Schwan’s is headquartered in downtown Marshall, the town where the company began, as a dairy and food delivery company. Now it has more than 400 locations across the USA, making frozen meals used in schools, hospitals, and available in grocery store freezers around the country. Mostly it makes frozen pizzas, under several brand names, many acquired through acquisition of other companies (Red Barron, Tony’s, Freschetta, Big Daddy’s, Mama Rosa) as well as Asian foods and frozen desserts. Other major plants are located in Salina, Kansas; Florence, Kentucky; Deer Park, Texas; Sidney, Ohio; Erie and North East, Pennsylvania; Westfield, New York; Atlanta, Georgia; and Stilwell, Oklahoma.