Highlights

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Snack Foods

The Fresh Factory Expands Snack Bar Production Capabilities

Nov. 13, 2023
Carol Stream, Ill.-based food and beverage processor has targeted the growing refrigerated snack bar category for growth.
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Plant Expansion

Halal-Certified Beef Bacon Processing Coming to Former Pie Facility in Nebraska

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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Plant Expansion

Detroit’s Metropolitan Baking Co. to Expand Hamtramck, Michigan, Facility

Nov. 3, 2023
30,000-square-foot addition will add 30-40% production capacity on new bun and roll lines.
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Animal Proteins

Clemens Food Group’s Coldwater, Michigan, Plant ‘Busting at the Seams’

Nov. 1, 2023
In meeting to gain approval for expansion of truck parking lot, Clemens representative relays it is ramping up hog production and adding a second shift to Michigan plant that ...
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Plant Expansion

Keurig Dr. Pepper Investing $100 Million in South Carolina Coffee Plant Expansion

Oct. 20, 2023
Initial construction of the Moore, S.C., coffee facility finished two years ago, and Keurig Dr. Pepper is ready to expand.
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Plant Expansion

Eli’s Cheesecake Opens $10 Million Chicago Plant Expansion, Nearly Doubling Its Size

Oct. 16, 2023
Expansion of the cheesecake brand’s Chicago plant is the first by the company in more than 30 years.
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Capital Spending

Custom Poultry Processor Jarrett Foods to Open New Plant in Lavonia, Georgia

Oct. 9, 2023
Further-processor will renovate and expand current building to cover 54,000 square feet of processing space for poultry cut-up, deboning, marination and packaging.
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Plant Expansion

Monogram Foods Secures Funding to Proceed with Martinsville Expansion

June 16, 2023
$8 million in financing will allow processor to increase production capacity at Virginia jerky/meat sticks plant by 80%.
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Capital Spending

Upcycled Dried Fruit Snacks Processor The Ugly Co. Opens New Plant

June 7, 2023
New Farmersville, Calif., fruit processing plant will help The Ugly Co. stop approximately three million pounds of food from going to waste this year.
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Plant Expansion

Little Leaf Farms Plans New Greenhouse, Boosting Capacity to 20 Million Pounds

June 1, 2023
Fast-growing packaged lettuce grower and processor will operate five greenhouses, growing lettuce using controlled environment agriculture (CEA) methods.
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Plant Expansion

Stonyfield Organic $7 Million Plant Expansion Will Double Yogurt Pouch Output

May 30, 2023
Londonderry, N.H., facility will produce an additional 46 million organic yogurt pouches annually after the expansion.