Indian Meals Processor Cafe Spice Opens Second Processing Plant

April 15, 2024

New facility in Beacon, N.Y., spans 70,000-sq.-ft. and gives the company two plants within a few miles of each other, to ramp up production and improve efficiency.

Andy Hanacek

Spiral conveyors at Cafe Spice's new Beacon, N.Y., processing plant offer higher quality stabilization and chilling for the company's meal products.

Cafe Spice, a New Windsor, N.Y.-based manufacturer of ready-to-eat Indian meals, announced the opening of a brand new processing plant in Beacon, N.Y. — its second manufacturing facility — according to a release shared by the company.

The company, which offers private label and co-manufacturing services as well, recently launched two new meal combos, and the 70,000-sq.-ft. facility features state-of-the-art kettles for cooking, as well as spiral chillers to help provide a continuous chilling and stabilization process.

Security has been enhanced through restricted access to the ingredients and processing rooms, and the company says food safety remains a top priority. Materials from start to finish are fully coded and trackable, and the company has implemented remote temperature monitoring to assist in maintaining an optimal environment.

Cafe Spice’s existing processing plant in New Windsor, N.Y. — just a few miles away from the new facility — will continue to operate, the company said.

About the Author

Andy Hanacek | Senior Editor

Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.