[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 17, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1023-E1024]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING SCHENCK FOODS COMPANY ON ITS 90TH ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. BARBARA COMSTOCK

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 17, 2018

  Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Schenck Foods 
Company, located in the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, for 90 
years of extraordinary success under the leadership of four generations 
of a family-owned and operated business. In 1928, the partnership of 
Bob Schenck and Howard Cahill founded the Valley Food Company, that 
manufactured Blossom Potato Chips. Thereafter, the company became the 
Schenck Cheese Company, distributing retail food items over a radius of 
30 to 40 miles for Kraft Foods. And, in 1952, the company incorporated 
as Schenck Foods Company with a product line that included food service 
items to support institutional food customers.
  Like so many other great American small businesses, the company 
responded to situations of adversity, such as severe economic downturns 
and competition from large chain stores, by establishing a corporate 
culture based on an absolute commitment to excellence both in products 
sold and in customer service provided, which has generated a stellar 
reputation for the company and wide regional consumer loyalty. Offering 
more than 5,000 different products, Schenck Foods

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proudly serves more than 4,500 customers, within a 150-mile radius of 
Winchester, Virginia.
  The company's relentless commitment to innovation has resulted in 
important partnership initiatives with local, organic, sustainable and 
farm-to-table providers and a revamped and comprehensive walk-in 
``warehouse store'' that includes a large professional kitchen where 
chef-created tasting dinners will be held and food vendors may 
demonstrate their products and buyers may learn to use them. The 
Schenck Foods corporate culture of excellence includes not only a 
strong commitment to its more than 100 employees but also an unwavering 
commitment to philanthropy and giving back to the Winchester and 
northern Shenandoah Valley community that it serves. On behalf of the 
people of the 10th Congressional District, I thank the leaders and 
employees of Schenck Foods for their compassion and generosity.
  In the invitation to its 90th anniversary celebration, current 
president and CEO, Jason Huntsberry, summed up the critical importance 
of the close relationships that have been established over the past 
nine decades, when he wrote: ``On behalf of my family and the entire 
Schenck Foods family, both past and present, we want to thank you for 
allowing us to serve this great community for the last ninety years. 
Without the dedication and loyalty of our employees, customers and 
partners, our near century of success would not be a reality.'' Mr. 
Speaker, as we reflect on the past and look to the future of this great 
company, I ask that you and our colleagues join me in congratulating 
Schenck Foods Company for 90 years of amazing success and in 
anticipating for the company, an exciting future of innovation and 
outstanding corporate citizenship in the community that it has served 
so faithfully.

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