page_title: Schoep's Ice Cream
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Schoep's Ice Cream / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A photograph of the Schoep's Ice Cream Factory located on Division Street in Madison, Wisconsin
context_page_description: Schoep's Ice Cream is an ice cream manufacturing company based in Madison, Wisconsin. It is the largest independent ice cream manufacturer in Wisconsin.
context_section_description: Schoep's Ice Cream was founded by E.J. Schoephoester in 1928. Schoephoester made and sold the ice cream in his grocery store. By 1937 Schoep's Ice Cream had grown in local popularity, and E.B. Schoephoester sold his company in 1940 to Peter B. Thomsen, a butter maker. The company has been kept in the Thomsen family, and as of 2008, it was owned in part by nineteen members of the Thomsen family. As of 2018, four third-generation Thomsens work at the Madison headquarters. Third-generation management includes Alan Thomsen, CEO; Eric Thomsen, VP of innovation and technology; Richard Thomsen, operations manager; and John Thomsen, food service sales and special events.
caption: The factory located on Division Street in Madison, Wisconsin
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