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    Food Processing Capital Spending 2023
    Capital Spending

    2023 Capital Spending Outlook: Food and Beverage Capital Spending Continues to Grow

    Andy Hanacek
    March 29, 2023
    Food and beverage processors aren’t writing blank checks for capital expenditures, but enthusiasm abounds as food companies plan to invest heavily in their own growth in 2023 ...
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    Capital Spending

    Nissin Foods USA to Build Ramen, Noodles Plant in South Carolina

    Andy Hanacek
    Nov. 9, 2023
    The company behind Top Ramen and Cup Noodles will invest $228 million to construct its third U.S. manufacturing facility in Greenville County, S.C.
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    Omeat Finishes Construction of 15,000-Square-Foot Pilot Plant

    Andy Hanacek
    Nov. 9, 2023
    Cultivated-meat company expects the new facility outside Los Angeles to help it scale up production and clear a path for regulatory review and approval of its products.
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    Halal-Certified Beef Bacon Processing Coming to Former Pie Facility in Nebraska

    Andy Hanacek
    Nov. 8, 2023
    McCook, Neb.-based Copperstone Foods plans to process 30,000 pounds of beef bacon per day when operations begin next summer in The Village PieMaker’s former facility in Eustis...
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    New Pork Processing Plant Opens in Western Canada, Easing Shipping Strains for Hog Farmers

    Andy Hanacek
    Nov. 3, 2023
    The North 49 Foods facility in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, will alleviate the need to ship Canadian-raised sows hundreds of miles across the border to the U.S. for processing.
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    Capital Spending

    Stellar Snacks Plans Second Production Facility for Louisville

    Dave Fusaro
    Oct. 31, 2023
    Mother-daughter-owned company investing $137 million in a 434,000-sq.-ft. pretzel bakery, its second plant.
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    Capital Spending

    The Cheesecake Factory Inc. to Build $74 Million Bakery Facility in Indiana

    Andy Hanacek
    Oct. 26, 2023
    New plant in Charlestown, Ind., will be the company’s third bakery production facility and will serve its own restaurants as well as retail and foodservice customers.

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    Hormel Solar Project to Supply Jennie-O Plant, Community with Green Power

    Andy Hanacek
    Sept. 28, 2023
    Hormel Foods celebrated the completion of an 8-acre solar field at its Montevideo, Minn., Jennie-O facility.
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    Capital Spending

    United Premium Foods Invests $1.8 Million to Boost Pet Food Processing Capabilities

    Andy Hanacek
    Sept. 27, 2023
    Human and pet food co-man’s capital investment offers customers more flexibility and aims to take advantage of fast-growing pet food business.
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    Upside Foods Selects NW Chicago Suburb for New Cultivated Meat Plant

    Andy Hanacek
    Sept. 14, 2023
    The Berkeley, Calif., company’s new 187,000-square-foot facility is expected to eventually produce more than 30 million pounds annually.
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    Mexican Foods Processor Juanita’s Foods Selects North Las Vegas for New Plant

    Andy Hanacek
    Sept. 13, 2023
    Manufacturer of canned and frozen Mexican foods will relocate to Nevada from California, mayor says.