About
In 1915, Peter J. Oberweis found that he had too much milk so
he began selling it to neighbors. In essence, the family dairy
business that now spans almost 100 years had begun.
The Oberweis family has been delivering milk to homes since
1927 when Peter bought a half partnership in the Big Woods
Dairy. A few years later he bought the entire enterprise, renamed
it Oberweis Dairy and his high school son Joe left school to help
out. During the Depression refrigeration was inefficient. Milk
could be safely kept only a few days thus necessitating daily
home delivery.
During the war, when gas rationing was in effect, refrigeration
had improved so delivery was changed to every other day. By the
mid 1920's home delivery was being made in a Model T.
We're still delivering bright and early. We're still using glass
bottles, because we don't think milk should taste like
plastic...just milk, pure and simple. We don't believe in adding
anything unnecessary to our milk either. That's why none of our
farmers use the rBGH hormone on their cows.
We're still family owned and operated too. What's more, we stick
to what got us here...Peter Oberweis' lifelong commitment to
quality and service.
Over the years we've gone from the nostalgic horse and milk cart
to the Model T to the milk trucks of the 50's and on to more
modern home delivery trucks you see us use today.
We've built a bigger, better facility, expanded our product line
and opened retail stores where folks can come in for our award-
winning milk in glass bottles and our super-premium ice cream.
Whether we deliver right to your door, or you visit one of our
dairy stores, you can be confident that our quality and service
will always be "Simply the Best".
That's the way Peter Oberweis wanted it, and we're chips off the
old block.