Shearer’s Foods Will Convert a Former General Motors Facility in Moraine, Ohio

Jan. 17, 2025

The $106 million project will bring snack production and 250 jobs to the city outside Dayton.

Shearer’s Foods will convert part of a former General Motors vehicle painting facility in Moraine, Ohio, into a production factory for its snack foods.

The Dayton Daily News reported Shearer’s is slated to receive $12.5 million in federal tax credits through Dayton’s CityWide Development Corp. It was the first time Shearer’s was identified as the developer of the facility.

According to Dayton city and Montgomery County documents last year, some manufacturer wanted to bring 250 jobs to the area, eyeing the former paint shop facility for what was thought would be a $106 million project. But city and county officials did not identify the prospect at the time.

The plant is expected to be operational by late 2026. Shearer’s, a contract manufacturer and private label supplier of salty snacks, cookies and crackers, is headquartered about 200 miles northeast of Dayton in Massillon, Ohio. Shearer’s has 10 manufacturing plants and a distribution center in the U.S. and three manufacturing plants in Canada.

Eleven months ago, Shearer’s was acquired by private investment firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice.

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Dave Fusaro has served as editor in chief of Food Processing magazine since 2003. Dave has 30 years experience in food & beverage industry journalism and has won several national ASBPE writing awards for his Food Processing stories. Dave has been interviewed on CNN, quoted in national newspapers and he authored a 200-page market research report on the milk industry. Formerly an award-winning newspaper reporter who specialized in business writing, he holds a BA in journalism from Marquette University. Prior to joining Food Processing, Dave was Editor-In-Chief of Dairy Foods and was Managing Editor of Prepared Foods.