Alert Editor's Pick Kwik Trip announces leadership changes Nov 21, 2022 Nov 21, 2022 Updated Nov 21, 2022 Kwik Trip president/CEO Don Zietlow addresses Kwik Trip employees in July 2022. STEVE RUNDIO, La Crosse Tribune file photo Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After 52 years with Kwik Trip and 22 years as CEO and president, Donald P. Zietlow is retiring, effective at the end of the year.kAm$4@EE +:6E=@H[ 492:C @7 E96 3@2C5 @7 zH:< %C:A 2?5 D64@?5\86?6C2E:@? @H?6C[ H:== 364@>6 zH:< %C:A’D ?6IE AC6D:56?E 2?5 rt~ @? y2?] `[ a_ab]k^AmkAm$4@EE H:== C6E:C6 7C@> 9:D C@=6 2D 2 AC@76DD@C @7 DFC86CJ :? 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Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Specialized machinery washes and drys strawberries in the Kwik Trip produce room. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Buns are stacked for sandwiches at Kwik Trip kitchens. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Tortillas are stacked for burritos at Kwik Trip Kitchens. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune The produce room at Kwik Trip kitchens. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Freshly cut ham is gathers by a worker at Kwik Trip kitchens. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Salads are made at Kwik Trip kitchens. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Workers assemble carrot and dip cups in the Kwik Trip produce room. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Aaron Lapp, a mixer and operator at the Kwik Trip sweets bakery, scrapes Crème Dream Dunker batter from a mixing blade. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Cookies are carried by a conveyer belt at the Kwik Trip sweets bakery. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Pint sized chocholate milk bottles are processed at Kwik Trip's dairy plant. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Milk and other products are stored in the massive warehouse at the Kwik Tip dairy. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Half-gallon bottles of two percent reduced fat milk are processed at the Kwik Trip dairy plant. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Kwik Trip produces many of their own milk and beverage bottles and jugs in their own blow mold room housed in the dairy plant. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune The Kwik Trip dairy plant has 10 miles of stainless steel pipes running through it. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Orange cranberry muffins cool at the Kwik Trip sweets bakery. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune Orange cranberry muffins come out of the flow wrap machine at the Kwik Trip sweets bakery. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune A worker walks through the pasteurization room at the Kwik Trip dairy plant. 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Local News Photos: Inside Kwik Trip's operation in La Crosse Updated Jun 26, 2024 Scenes from the inner workings of Kwik Trip's kitchen, dairy, and sweets bakery in La Crosse.
