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Empowering your brand's future
At Wald Family Foods, we embrace every challenge with enthusiasm and readiness. Our dedicated team is always poised to tackle your innovative ideas or adapt to your evolving requirements. Continuously seeking improvement and expansion, we aim to offer increased opportunities to enhance your brand’s growth trajectory.
With a steadfast commitment to being your trusted long-term co-manufacturing partner, Wald Family Foods is here to support your journey every step of the way.
Our commitment to safety
Above all else, we value the safety of our employees who are the backbone of our operations. We are excited to have launched the Waldsafe safety program, a company-wide initiative to continuously improve the level of safety in our facilities.
Waldsafe’s motto, “Safe People. Safe Facilities. Safe Food.” is at the forefront of our minds every day as we strive to be the safest in the industry.
Four facilities to meet your needs
Our team becomes your team when you work with Wald Family Foods, and you will feel this extension throughout the entire process. We are proud to be able to handle everything on-site, including test runs, line production, and product fulfillment.
A product that can be delivered in a timely fashion while meeting SQF Food Safety Certification standards is paramount to achieving food industry success. With Wald Family Foods, you can trust that we are dedicated to helping you meet these goals – and we will never sacrifice quality to get there.
C Street
13335 C Street, Omaha, NE
plant history
Founded by Robert and Pat Correa, Deli International (DI) Manufacturing initially focused on producing cookie dough and pizzas for the fundraising market. Robert Correa later developed a kiosk program with Sam’s Club, allowing customers to build custom pizzas in-store. DI’s capabilities expanded as they began filling production gaps for other Omaha-based food companies, manufacturing dog bones for Omaha Steaks and garlic bread for Conagra’s Marie Callender brand.
After the passing of the founders, Tony Wald acquired the business in 2003. A local pizza chain, Godfather’s Pizza, approached DI to produce gluten-free pizzas, marking a shift toward their core focus—topping gluten-free pizzas. This led to a partnership with Sam’s Club under the Isabella’s Best brand and an exclusive supplier agreement with a prominent consumer brand company to launch a 2-pack gluten-free pizza in Canada. The product line soon expanded into the US with more gluten-free offerings.
Capabilities
- 2-lane pizza topping line with a throughput of 70 pizzas per minute
- Graco Saniforce cold-blend mixing system for sauce production
- Grote spot depositor for sauce application
- Deville cheese shredder and two Grote applicators for toppings
- Two-head pepperoni slicer
- Spiral freezer for product cooling
- STS wrapper and ADCO cartoner for packaging
F Street
9097 F Street, Omaha, NE
plant history
Mann’s International Meat Specialties was founded in 1974 by Harold Mann. The business included manufacturing sausages, cured meats, smoked meats, canned meats, and other meat specialties. Harold Mann sold the company to a local investment group, and it was renamed Taste Traditions of Omaha.
Taste Traditions pivoted its core business to produce “boil in the bag” soups, chili, sauces, and mac and cheese. It also installed a line to produce 5, 6, and 7-oz chicken and beef enchiladas tailored for food service and the military. From 2004 – 2009, Taste Traditions was the exclusive supplier to Walmart Deli with its food service gourmet mac and cheese. In 2012, Wald Family Foods purchased Taste Traditions. They heavily invested in the operations to significantly increase the kettle and enchilada production while focusing on co-manufacturing and private-label partnerships.
Capabilities
- Four 400-gallon kettles for soups, sauces, chili, and mac 'n cheese
- 16' pasta cooker that can process 3,500 pounds per hour
- Liquefier for incorporating solid and semi-solid ingredients
- Shear pumps for emulsifying cheeses and other materials
- Form-and-fill unit for 2-10 pound pouches
- Dual chill bath cools products to below 55°F in under 50 minutes
- Kettles support enchilada, burrito, and quesadilla filling production
- Two high-speed lines producing 95,000 enchiladas, burritos, and quesadillas per shift
- Vemags, Unifillers, and Grode applicators for fillings and cheeses
- Spot or waterfall sauce applicators, pre-melter, and spiral freezer for quick freezing
- Two vacuum sealers and Doboy flow wrapper for packaging
McPherson
1144 Bridger Court, McPherson, KS
plant history
Originally built in 2002 by Nations Pizza of Schaumburg, IL, this facility produced pizzas, appetizers, strombolis, calzones, and filled cookies. In 2014, Nations Pizza relocated operations to Illinois, closing the plant.
Wald Family Foods purchased the facility in 2017, and pizza topping operations began in 2018. Following the purchase of Venice Bakery by Rich’s in May 2021, Wald Family Foods expanded into rice-based and cauliflower crust production. The plant now operates exclusively as a gluten-free facility.
Capabilities
- 3-lane pizza topping line with throughput of 120 pizzas per minute
- Cold-blend mixing system for sauce production with 3-head Grote spot sauce applicator
- 3 Grote applicators for toppings and 4-head pepperoni slicer
- Spiral freezer for product processing
- Packaging with Tex wrapper and automated ADCO with auto stacker
- Cold press crust production line with speeds of 90-100 crusts per minute
- Mixer with Northwind Ingredient System, dough deposited by Vemag extruder onto 9-cavity pans
- Crust processed through proofer, oven, and spiral freezer
- Crust can feed directly into the pizza topping line or be diverted for pack-off
Mount Pleasant
3400 West Mount Pleasant Street, Burlington, IA
Coming soon!
Wald’s largest facility yet was purchased in 2023 and spans 252,000 square feet. The new facility will allow for faster production, greater capabilities, and room for growth.
Go gluten free
We understand a gluten allergy shouldn’t keep anyone from great taste, and that’s why we go the extra mile to make a variety of delicious, gluten-free food for all divisions of food service to simply heat and serve.
Each of our facilities are SQF-certified, and three are certified gluten-free by the Celiac Support Association. Our years of experience working with GF recipes means you can expect consistency, expertise, and a premium product. Gluten-free food doesn’t have to mean sacrificing flavor and quality when you’re working with us.
Packaging
Let us help you see your recipe come together, ready for food service or retail.
Wald Family Foods facilities currently facilitate single pack, individually quick frozen (IQF), bulk, and individually wrapped products.
Need a different packaging method? Get in touch with us. We’re always looking to expand our processes to fit your unique needs.