Company Profile
Schwan's Home Service, Inc.
Company Overview
Schwan's Home Service, Inc. knows the best place to find consumers.
Right at their front door.
As the largest direct-to-home frozen food delivery provider in the United States,
Home Service is known for having the best ice cream available. What started as
a one-man, one-truck operation has grown into a business that markets and
distributes hundreds of delicious frozen products to millions of customers
throughout the nation under the Schwan's® and LiveSmart® brands.
Discover Schwan: winning brands, engaged people, meaningful careers.
MISSION
"Delight consumers with an unmatched food experience that delivers superior value."
VISION
"My vision for our future is a strong, solid, well-managed, fast-growing, exciting, innovative company with high business ethics and an excellent reputation – a company that offers great opportunities, a place where people like to work."
~ Marvin Schwan, founder
VALUES
GROWTH — We relentlessly and urgently pursue value-added company and individual growth.
HARD WORK — We use intelligent, extraordinary effort to deliver superior customer and consumer value.
HELPING ONE ANOTHER — We use teamwork and open, constructive dialogue to achieve greater success.
ENTHUSIASM — We are visibly engaged, passionate and determined to win regardless of circumstances.
INTEGRITY — We do what is right regardless of cost or consequences.
Company History
FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS
On Tuesday, March 18, 1952, a 23-year-old Marvin Schwan packed his beat-up 1946 Dodge panel van with 14 gallons of his family's signature ice cream and delivered it to rural families in western Minnesota. At the end of that historic trip, all 14 gallons were sold and the Schwan home-delivery business was born.
Today, The Schwan Food Company is a multibillion-dollar private company with more than 15,000 subsidiary employees worldwide. Based out of Marshall, Minnesota, the company sells fine frozen foods on its traditional delivery trucks, in grocery-store freezers and in the food-service industry.
Notable Products / Brands
Red Baron, Freschetta and Tony’s, Pagoda Express, Mrs. Smith’s and Edwards
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Hunger Relief
The company agreed to officially partner with Feeding America in its mission in 2011.
The company partners with Feeding America and its affiliated food banks and food shelves to fight hunger in the United States. Additionally, when appropriate, company subsidiaries will provide in-kind gifts and employee volunteer opportunities, and build awareness of Feeding America within the employee base and customer base.
In 2011, subsidiaries of The Schwan Food Company gave more than one-million pounds of food to Feeding America’s affiliated food banks; more than $170,000 to Feeding America and its food banks; and employees in Bloomington and Marshall, Minnesota, donated more than 150 hours to affiliated food banks and food shelves in Minnesota.
Youth
Specifically, we focus on the enhancement of youth leadership and education opportunities through organizations such as Enactus (formerly known as Students in Free Enterprise) and offer scholarship opportunities at local universities in communities where we have large numbers of employees.
In 2011 the company and Schwan’s Corporate Giving Foundation supported:
•Scholarships at Southwest Minnesota State University
•The Regional Event Center at SMSU
•Enactus (formerly Students in Free Enterprise)
Community
We also focus on the support of organizations such as the local United Way and affiliates of The Y that have a broad impact on the communities in which our employees live and work.
Some of our 2011 efforts to engage in communities include:
Employee United Way campaigns in Marshall, Minnesota; Pasadena/Deer Park, Texas; and Salina, Kansas. More than $220,000 was raised in 2011. The company and its employees have contributed approximately $2.9 million to United Way chapters since 1999.
Donations to dozens of local charities in the Marshall, Minnesota, area through a combination of employee “jean day” gifts and a company match. Nearly $800,000 has been given to small, local charities over the past 11 years through this effort.
Assistance with a memorial park in downtown Marshall. The park was established for the 10-year anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy and includes an iron beam from one of the World Trade Center towers.
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to assist our employees and their families with their financial security, health and well being. In addition to a competitive base pay, we offer a variety of benefit programs.
RETIREMENT BENEFITS
• 401(k) Program with a Company Match
• Financial Counseling
HEALTH & WELFARE
• Various Medical Coverage Plans
• Dental Plan
• Basic Term Life with Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Optional Term Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Flexible Spending Account
• Short-Term/Long-Term Disability Package
• Vision Care
EMPLOYEE WELLNESS
• Employee Assistance Program
• Fitness Center Discounts
• Health Assessments
• Health Coaching
• Health Screenings
• Nurse Line
• Tobacco Cessation Programs
OTHER BENEFITS
• Vacation Pay up to four (4) weeks based on length of service
• Holiday Pay*
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Scholarship Program
• Adoption Assistance
• Service Awards
• Employee Discounts
Every employee also has access to the High Performance Development Center