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Trickling Springs Creamery in Chambersburg, Pa., is getting a fresh start under new owners.
A fresh start for Trickling Springs Creamery written by JENNIFER A. FITCH photography by COLLEEN MCGRATH
Shuttered in 2019 amid a fraud investigation, Trickling Springs Creamery is now getting a fresh start under new owners with two decades of experience bringing dairy
MARION, Pa. – When Phyllis Pfeiffer worked at Trickling
products to the retail market.
Springs Creamery’s retail store, she kept an eye out for one
The partners behind South Mountain Creamery of
of her beloved customers, an older man who walked with
Middletown, Md., bought the assets of Trickling Springs
the assistance of a cane.
Creamery out of bankruptcy. They reopened the retail store
Pfeiffer always asked what kind of milk he wanted and took it to his car for him. Over time, the two started talking, and she learned that he struggled with depression due to his wife’s debilitating illness.
on U.S. 11 (Molly Pitcher Highway) on Sept. 21, and the production plant shortly beforehand. Twenty people are employed by the enterprise in Franklin County, Pa., with plans to grow that number. Many of the
They started sharing prayer in addition to milk.
workers, like Pfeiffer, are returning employees with 10 to 15
“A couple days later, he came in and told me he wanted
years of experience.
to thank me for taking time and talking to him,” Pfeiffer said.“There are so many memories.”
The wholesale team reconnected with farmers who previously supplied the business. The feedback was favorable,
