Member Spotlight
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The clerk who started asking why
A cheese-counter clerk who kept getting asked questions she couldn't answer decided to work through the Certified Cheesemonger credential. Two exams in, she told us what changed.
Read postThe cheese buyer who still answers the phone
A cheese program director at a mid-sized specialty retailer told us what five years behind the case actually changed, and what a spreadsheet still can't replace.
Read postThe apprentice who keeps two notebooks
A second-year apprentice at a small goat dairy told us why she keeps a make-sheet notebook and a separate one just for what went wrong. Both matter more…
Read postThe counter's quiet hour
A retail member spotlight on the January lull: what a cheese counter does with a slow afternoon, and why an evening class might be the busiest hour of…
Read postTwenty-two years of knowing what sells
A longtime regional sales member has watched twenty-two holiday seasons come and go. She told us what has actually changed about wholesale cheddar, and what hasn't.
Read postA cave's December verdict
One of our longest-standing international members times his whole year around a single December wheel, and this week is when he finds out whether it worked.
Read postWhat she checks before the holiday crush
A food-safety principal who has consulted for small creameries for five years told us the holiday production stretch is when the small habits either hold or fail.
Read postBuilding a cheese program from scratch
A member who spent four years building her shop's cheese program vendor by vendor told us what the case looks like from that side of the counter.
Read postPlanning the holiday rush before it arrives
A farmstead producer who plans her holiday order surge two months in advance told us the schedule matters less than deciding, in September, who is allowed to change…
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