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Employers in Cache Valley Utah

Cache Valley is an ideal place to find work and enjoy life. The valley location is whithin a 24 hour drive of any metropolitan area of the entire western half of the United States. This allows the opportunity for any company to ship products to a variety of cities without a high shipping cost. The large number of students attending Utah State University provide a solid base of employees to support the economic growth of any business.

Cache Valley is home to a large number good companies including the industry leader in excercise equipment, Icon Health and Fitness, Inc. ICON is based in Cache Valley but has 11 locations around the world. Icon employs a total of 4,200 people. The company started in 1977 when two business students that were attending Utah State decided to partner up and start there own company. ICON now produces 3.9 million units of quality fitness equipment. The company now owns and manufactures many well-known brands like ProForm, Nordic Track, and HealthRider. They also license Reebok and Gold's Gym Brands. The company also does all marketing, research, development and industrial design for these product lines.

Utah State University is the largest employer in the valley with over 5,000 employees. The University is Utah's land grant university, which means that it will never limit the number of qualified students attending the campus.

Cache County School District is also a large employer of the valley with over 1300 employees. The top tier education program at Utah State facilitates a competent school district in the valley. The next largest employer is E.A. Miller, a meat products company. "Home to Miller's Blue Ribbon Beef is beautiful Cache Valley of Northern Utah which is centrally located to all of the major metropolitan areas of the West Coast and the Rocky Mountains.

Miller's is less than 24 hours away from every major West Coast port servicing the Pacific Rim. Vertically integrated from feedlot to doorstep Miller's Blue Ribbon Beef is second to none among fresh meat companies with its product quality and service record."-from the website eamiller.com. Miller Brothers Trucking delivers the beef all over the western United States and employs another 1200 people.

Other large employers in the valley include the Moore Business, Pepperidge Farms, Inc., and Hyclone Laboratories. The Logan Regional Hospital also employs a large number of doctors, nurses, and administrators to meet all the health care needs of those in the valley. Below is a list of all the major employers:

COMPANY

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

TYPE OF BUSINESS

Utah State University

2000-2999

Higher Education

ICON

1000-1999

Sporting/athletic goods

Logan Regional Hospital

700-999

Hospital

Moore Business Forms

500-599

Printing

Gossner Foods

200-299

Cheese Processing
Schreiber Foods

400-499

Cheese Processing

Sunshine Terrace

200-299

Nursing Home

Tyco

300-399

Electronic Components

Herf Jones

200-299

Yearbook printing

Smith Food King

100-199

Grocery Store

Macey's Inc.

100-199

Grocery Store

Shopko

100-199

Retail Store

Bridgerland Applied Technology

200-299

Vocational School

Campbell Scientific

100-199

Electronics

Kelly Services

200-299

Temporary Employment

Logan Valley Nursing

100-199

Nursing Home

LeGrand Johnson Construction

100-199

Construction

Logan Board of Education

100-199

Education

L.W. Miller

100-199

Trucking Company

Budge Clinic

100-199

Medical

Dillards

100-199

Retail Store

Fred Meyer

200-299

Retail Store

Albertson's

100-199

Grocery Store

Note: The number of employees represents the minimum number employed at any time.

SOURCE: Logan City Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

  
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