Case Farms celebrates $130 million Winesburg expansion I had been with a large corporation for 23 years and I wanted to be in business for myself, Shelton said. I looked at several other businesses, but I wasn t a big enough player. I started on a shoestring, with 114 employees, and about 48 of them were Amish. There used to be a hitching post out front. Today we re projecting to have about 540 employees here. We ve grown tremendously over the years, Shelton continued. We ve made a substantial capital investment to get this plant dedicated for Chick Fillet, a great company we think we can grow with.