Raybern Foods, a maker of frozen and refrigerated, heat-and-serve deli-style sandwiches, is expanding its operations in Shannon, Miss. The project will cost an estimated $7.1 million and will create 70 jobs.
The expansion primarily is new equipment to add new sandwich production lines, according to Mississippi Development Authority, which is providing assistance; so is Lee County.
While the company was founded in California in 1978, Raybern Foods expanded to Shannon in 2015. The company’s products include more than a dozen varieties of frozen and refrigerated sandwiches sold in stores nationally.
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