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Homestead Creamery Triples Bottling Capacity with Fogg Filler

To keep up with rapid growth and maintain the peak freshness of its farm-to-table glass bottle milk, Homestead Creamery upgraded its operations with a high-performance Fogg filler-capper system. The seamless installation took less than two weeks, instantly transforming the dairy’s production capabilities by tripling line speeds from 40 to 120 bottles per minute and cutting 10-hour shifts down to just 5 hours.

Accommodating five to six distinct bottle sizes on a single, versatile machine, the hygienic Fogg system improved overall product shelf life while helping the creamery achieve a record-breaking production day of 41,500 bottles. From custom design to ongoing service, Fogg’s reliable equipment and support have given Homestead Creamery the efficiency and scaling power needed to expand its business.

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0:05 - Homestead Creamery was founded 25 years ago this year. We are in the milk and ice cream business

0:10 - and we do milk in glass bottles. We do about a million and a half pounds of milk per month.

0:17 - We have [music] six farms that we source our milk from, all A2A2 cows and product. [music] We truly

0:23 - do believe that the way that we process the milk and the way that you get our products is the way that milk should [music] taste cuz it is the highest quality and it's the lowest processed.

0:34 - About three or four years ago we really seen [music] some growth in the market and realized that in order to get where we want to go, we needed to upgrade some equipment. [music] Um

0:43 - and the filler was the number one priority for us. So, we committed to buying a new filler and it was the best decision I think we've made.

0:54 - [music] Our experience with Fogg has been fantastic. When the machine [music] came, they sent a team down.

1:01 - The install was seamless. What could have taken four to six months took less than two weeks.

1:07 - The new filler has really helped us transform our business. We went from producing around 40 bottles per minute to now about [music] 120 bottles a minute more reliably, higher quality.

1:18 - What used to take us 10 hours to do we can now do in five. We had our biggest [music] production day

1:24 - ever in the history of the company in December of this past year. We did 41,500 bottles in one day. We could not have done it without this filler, [music] no chance.

1:36 - Milk only has a certain amount of life before it starts to spoil. So, you got to get the milk from [music] the farm and into a bottle in a very short period of time and this filler

1:46 - has enabled us to do that. We actually got more shelf life because the machine is that much more

1:53 - efficient, it's cleaner, everything that goes into it has been an [music] improvement.

1:59 - We make five or six different pack sizes. They were able to get us a [music] filler that we could do all of those pack sizes with the same machine. [music]

2:11 - The capper and the filler go hand in hand and the capper has been fantastic. It's a [music] very hot tech piece of equipment, but it really does a great job.

2:21 - I would buy the Fogg filler every single time. Without question, I would buy that filler every single time. Fogg is the real deal. From the ordering process

2:31 - to the design process all the way through the planning, the communication, the serviceability. I couldn't speak more [music] highly of what Fogg has done for us with this project.