Winona Foods Inc.

Winona Foods Inc., a Wisconsin-based dairy manufacturer, supplies shredded cheddar cheese and related dairy commodities to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service and Agricultural Marketing Service as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards), competing full-and-open with no small business set-asides or SBA certifications. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Howard, Wisconsin, with all performance executed from its manufacturing facility at 1521 Brookfield Avenue, Howard, WI 54313. Winona Foods operates under NAICS 311423 (Cheese Manufacturing) and PSC 8910 (Dairy Foods and Eggs).

Winona Foods' federal footprint is entirely concentrated on commodity cheese procurement for domestic food assistance programs, particularly the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The vendor manufactures shredded yellow and white cheddar cheese in bulk configurations—primarily 6/5-pound bags, 6/2-pound bags, and 12-pound slice packages—for USDA food donation initiatives. Recent representative awards include a $5.9 million definitive contract from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (April 15, 2026) for shredded cheddar in 12/1-pound and 6/2-pound configurations; a $2.5 million delivery order from USDA Food and Nutrition Service (July 23, 2025) for mixed white and yellow shredded cheddar; a $1.3 million delivery order (November 7, 2025) for reduced-fat and standard yellow shredded cheddar; and a $1.2 million delivery order (September 10, 2025) for yellow cheddar varieties. Task orders issued under the vendor's active indefinite delivery contracts range from $66 thousand to $639 thousand.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 42 awards valued at $42.3 million (100% combined potential value coverage), and the Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office accounts for 8 awards valued at $14.1 million. No other federal agencies appear in the award history. All awards are priced fixed-price or fixed-price-with-economic-price-adjustment, with performance periods typically spanning three to twelve months. The vendor holds four active or recently-active indefinite delivery contracts with USDA, including a $14.2 million multiple-award IDC with Food and Nutrition Service (ultimate completion December 31, 2025, now expired), a $1.3 million multiple-award IDC with Agricultural Marketing Service (ultimate completion September 30, 2023, now expired), and a $650 thousand multiple-award IDC with Food and Nutrition Service (ultimate completion June 30, 2027, awarded February 10, 2026). Task orders under the top vehicle (IDC 123J1425D0006) total 12 orders and $12 million combined potential value.

Activity has accelerated in 2025, with 14 awards compared to 5 in each of the three prior years. The single most material recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is the $5.9 million definitive contract with USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, completing December 31, 2026. The vendor's $14.2 million IDC with Food and Nutrition Service expired on December 31, 2025; ongoing task orders are now issued under the February 2026 $650 thousand multiple-award IDC. Recent delivery orders issued under the new IDC include four awards between May 5 and July 21, 2026, valued at $66 thousand to $285 thousand each, all due to complete by October 15, 2026 or earlier. Winona Foods does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts, GSA Schedules, or defense or civilian agency vehicles outside USDA commodity procurement. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime and has no subcontractor footprint in the source data.