I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. Especially when it's hot outside. Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, ice cream is being produced at the Nestle Dreyer’s plant in Bakersfield.
"This factory is the largest ice cream factory in the world,” said plant manager Tim Keating. "We produce approximately a third of all the Nestle ice cream produced in the U.S."
The plant sits on 47 acres and employs approximately 1,200 workers. Fifty nine percent of them are Hispanic.
"We are Very close," said Norma McFaddin, human resource manager for the plant. "We celebrate just almost anything you can think of. We are a happy group of people."
Not only does the plant employee a large workforce from Kern County, it is also a major buyer of local ingredients including milk and almonds. Half a million gallons of milk per year are bought from local dairy farms.
During a recent hiring event the plant had 3,000 applicants for 150 jobs. It's no wonder that some employees have worked here since it opened in 1988.
"We understand the main thing that we are doing here is a business for Nestle but the most important asset we have is our people," Keating said.
The Nestle Dreyer's Plant will be celebrating its 25 anniversary next week and has invited Gov. Jerry Brown to attend. No word yet if he has accepted their invitation.
"This factory is the largest ice cream factory in the world,” said plant manager Tim Keating. "We produce approximately a third of all the Nestle ice cream produced in the U.S."
The plant sits on 47 acres and employs approximately 1,200 workers. Fifty nine percent of them are Hispanic.
"We are Very close," said Norma McFaddin, human resource manager for the plant. "We celebrate just almost anything you can think of. We are a happy group of people."
Not only does the plant employee a large workforce from Kern County, it is also a major buyer of local ingredients including milk and almonds. Half a million gallons of milk per year are bought from local dairy farms.
During a recent hiring event the plant had 3,000 applicants for 150 jobs. It's no wonder that some employees have worked here since it opened in 1988.
"We understand the main thing that we are doing here is a business for Nestle but the most important asset we have is our people," Keating said.
The Nestle Dreyer's Plant will be celebrating its 25 anniversary next week and has invited Gov. Jerry Brown to attend. No word yet if he has accepted their invitation.