Yankee Stadium Nut Processor to Lease 150k-Sq.-Ft. Former Stuffed Puffs Lehigh Valley Facility

Feb. 11, 2025

Bazzini, which has provided peanuts to the MLB’s Yankees since 1923, will lease the 150,000-sq.-ft. building in Lehigh Valley, Pa., to increase operations.

Andy Hanacek

A bag of peanuts and a baseball on an old wooden bench at the ballpark.

Nuts, fruit and chocolate confections manufacturer Bazzini — a company that has provided peanuts to Yankee Stadium for more than 100 years — is expanding its manufacturing footprint with the new lease of a 150,000-sq.-ft. processing facility in Lehigh Valley, Pa., according to a release shared with Food Processing.

The company moved its headquarters to Lehigh Valley in 2011, having been founded and operated out of New York City in 1886. Its deal with Major League Baseball’s Yankees started in 1923.

Bazzini will take up residence in one of three buildings in the Lehigh Valley Flex Center industrial park, near major transportation networks, a skilled workforce and supportive business ecosystem, the release noted. The facility was formerly used by Stuffed Puffs, which was acquired in the fall of 2024 and the plant shut down at that point.

Bazzini produces nut products as well as a variety of chocolates, crunches and better-for-you bars for a nationwide consumer base.

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.