Grande Cheese Co
6 facilities · 1 state · 335.1K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Grande Cheese Co is the reported parent of 6 Form R facilities across 1 state, disclosing 335.1K lbs of toxic releases. 11 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Wisconsin (335.1K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for a single-state Grande Cheese Co footprint, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Grande Cheese Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+13.2%
6 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+13.2%
91.3 thousand lb → 103.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Grande Cheese Co's total reported releases rose from 91.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 103.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Grande Cheese Co's water releases rose from 49.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 60.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Grande Cheese Co's land releases fell from 1.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Grande Cheese Co's off-site transfers rose from 40.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 41.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Grande Cheese Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Friendship; Grande Cheese Co Brownsville; Grande Custom Ingredients; Grande Cheese Co Wyocena. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Foremost Farms USA Cooperative; Wec Energy Group. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Friendship; Grande Cheese Co Brownsville; Grande Custom Ingredients; Grande Cheese Co Wyocena. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Foremost Farms USA Cooperative; Wec Energy Group. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Grande Cheese Co ranks #1,052 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Grande Cheese Co's TRI Form R footprint is concentrated in a single state (Wisconsin), so statewide context matters more than a multi-state portfolio read. Grande Cheese Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 6 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Grande Cheese Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Foremost Farms USA Cooperative; Wec Energy Group) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Grande Cheese Co sits among TRI parents
Grande Cheese Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Foremost Farms USA Cooperative and Wec Energy Group. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Foremost Farms USA Cooperative · rank #1,050 · 11.6M lbs
- Wec Energy Group · rank #1,051 · 7.5M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Grande Cheese Co
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Friendship. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 335.1K lbs |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs |
Facilities (6)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Friendship Friendship, WI | 118.7K lbs |
| Grande Cheese Co Brownsville Brownsville, WI | 111.1K lbs |
| Grande Custom Ingredients Juda, WI | 99.3K lbs |
| Grande Cheese Co Wyocena Wyocena, WI | 5.3K lbs |
| Grande Cheese Co Juda Juda, WI | 652 lbs |
| Grande Cheese Co Rubicon Rubicon, WI | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Grande Cheese Co on total disclosed release pounds (335.1K lbs) and reporting facility count (6). Release-volume peers include Trinseo US Holding Inc, Unifrax I LLC, Schneider Electric USA Inc. Facility-count peers include Abbott Laboratories, Agribeef Co, Allnex USA Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
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Similar facility count
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About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Wisconsin; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Grande Cheese Co's TRI parent record
From Grande Cheese Co, open Friendship or compare against Foremost Farms USA Cooperative rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Grande Cheese Co (Friendship in WI). Largest facility
- Compare against Wec Energy Group, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Grande Cheese Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Foremost Farms USA Cooperative, Wec Energy Group) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Grande Cheese Co's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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