SPRECHER BREWING CO. FAST FACTS

· Hometown: Glendale, Wis., a Milwaukee suburb.

· Business: An award-winning microbrewery that produces more than 11 European styles of beer and seven different gourmet sodas.

· Founded: In 1985 by Randy Sprecher, an entrepreneur.

· Number of employees: 32.

· Reason for contest entry: “Not only is the office out of date visually and technologically, it is dull, dull, dull. Almost oppressively so.”

· Why it won: Outdated technology: Sprecher Brewing Co. stood out as the most outdated office in terms of technology, business processes and design. Top office challenges include:

o Lack of technology: only one printer and one fax machine for the entire office; need for a more efficient system to handle billing, record keeping, information storage and dissemination, and creative marketing.

o A cluttered and unorganized working space, in which storage amounts to several old, vertical, letter-sized filing cabinets that are placed between the men’s and women’s bathrooms.

o Office furniture that looks like items collected from various rummage sales.

o Old, diamond-shaped wood paneling and green marble wainscoting on the walls and an industrial green carpet that is at least 10 years old.

· Why it won: Most deserving:

o Donates thousands of dollars worth of products – last year it participated in more than 25 fundraising events – for organizations such as the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Milwaukee Athletes against Childhood Cancer.

o All proceeds from children’s factory tours are donated to a variety of children’s charities.

o Operates its own charity festival – “Sprecherfest” – a two-day family-friendly event that raises up to $20,000 annually for the local public television station. This year marks the 17^th Sprecherfest.

· URL: www.sprecherbrewery.com

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