Farbest Foods has been named as Business of the Year by the Knox County Chamber of Commerce. The award also includes the Farbest brooder hub and subsidiary J-F-S Milling.
Farbest Foods’ main plant in Knox County is located south of Vincennes in the U-S 41 Industrial Park. The company is headquartered in Huntingburg; it employs 14-hundred people, and processes nearly 60-thousand turkeys per day.
The small business of the year is Charlie’s Caramel Corn and Candy Shop. Charlie’s started selling its products 65 years ago, in 1952 at the same place it is today– 427 North Second Street. The business is operated today by Darrell and Emily Bobe, and Bob and Lorrinda Ellerman. The original shop owners were Charlie and Lorethea Hamke.
Both Farbest and Charlie’s will be honored during the 101st annual Knox County Chamber of Commerce banquet. It’ll be held Thursday, April 20th at Vincennes University’s Green Activities Center.