GERMANTOWN, Wis. (AP) – Many employees of a longtime family-owned business in southeastern Wisconsin say they’re astounded by the generosity of company leaders following a recent sale to a private equity firm.

Workers were given a $10,000 gift by the family owners of Gehl Foods in Germantown. The company was sold in recent weeks to Wind Point Partners, of Chicago. Full-time employees received $5,000 for their 401(k) plan and a $5,000 bonus. Part-time workers got $5,000 for their 401(k) and $2,500 extra. The total amount given to the company’s 370 employees surpassed $3 million.

Gehl purchasing manager Brenda Hanrahan tells the Journal Sentinel that it’s an incredible feeling to know the Gehl family valued its employees.

Gehl Foods makes non-refrigerated dairy products and was founded in 1896.