Leprino Foods Company, Lemoore West Facility
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THE QUICK READ
The Leprino Foods West plant in Lemoore, California, turns raw milk into mozzarella cheese and whey products, with milk receiving, cheese-making, cold-storage, and whey-processing areas under one roof. The plant processes roughly six million pounds of milk a day into about 600,000 pounds of mozzarella. It holds roughly 240,000 pounds of ammonia for refrigeration — large enough to require a formal process safety management program, since federal rules kick in at 10,000 pounds. The building itself covers about 750,000 square feet.
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PAY PICTURE
Ammonia / Industrial Refrigeration Tech
- Government data for California
- $28.21–$42.16/hr
- What techs ask in California
- $34.69–$48.07/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 113 techs in our network, California
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for California
- $25.46–$37.57/hr
- What techs ask in California
- $30.90–$45.38/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 16 techs in our network, California
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~1,100
- Ammonia on site
- 240,000 lbs (per EPA RMP filings)
On file · Sep 2026
SAFETY RECORD
EPA RMP · Sep 2026From public EPA records, as of September 4, 2026. Reported as filed — we add no opinions or grades.
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ABOUT LEPRINO FOODS
Leprino Foods traces to 1950, when Mike Leprino Sr. began making mozzarella at his family's corner grocery store in Denver, Colorado. His son Jim Leprino took over as chairman and chief executive in 1972 and built the company into the world's largest mozzarella cheese manufacturer, also producing lactose and whey protein. As of 2025 Leprino employs more than 5,500 people across plants in the United States, United Kingdom, and other countries, with reported annual revenue near $3 billion. The company remains privately held and family-owned, still headquartered at its original Denver site.
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