Highlights

Capital Spending

2024 Capital Spending Outlook: Unfinished Business

April 30, 2024
After making big capital spending plans for 2023 — and underspending those budgets — food & beverage processors are proceeding at a more normalized pace (+3%).
Courtesy of Nestlé Purina PetCare Co.
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Plant Expansion

Nestlé Purina Announces $195 Million Expansion to Jefferson, Wisconsin, Plant

April 26, 2024
Capital project will add 100 jobs and is part of larger Nestlé growth strategy to expand its pet food capabilities and footprint.
Courtesy of Riviana Foods Inc.
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Plant Expansion

Rice Manufacturer Riviana Foods Completes Phase One of Memphis, Tenn., Plant Expansion

April 4, 2024
First phase doubled production capacity for Minute rice ready-to-serve cups; second phase under way and will add more production space for ready-to-serve pouch products.
Courtesy of Rich Products
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Plant Expansion

Second Phase of Rich Products’ Brownsville, Texas, Expansion Under Way

April 1, 2024
$117 million expansion project will add production capacity for branded appetizer business and bring more than 130 jobs to the community.
Courtesy of Aspire Bakeries
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Plant Expansion

Aspire Bakeries Completes Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Plant Remodel and Expansion

Feb. 26, 2024
Refreshed and expanded facility will allow the company to grow its production capacity for Pennant Puff Pastry products.
Plant Expansion

Mary’s Gone Crackers Celebrates Doubling of Manufacturing Capacity

Feb. 21, 2024
Maker of organic, gluten-free crackers hints at further innovation news over the next few months of 2024.
Capital Spending

Freeze-Dried Pet Food Co-Man Petsource Completes $75 Million Expansion

Feb. 19, 2024
The company’s plant in Seward, Neb., has tripled its production capacity just a few years after its grand opening.
Courtesy of Upside Foods
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Alternative Protein

Upside Foods Halts Plan for New Illinois Cultivated Meat Plant

Feb. 16, 2024
Cultivated meat company will ease off the gas pedal and redirect efforts toward expanding its current facility in California before building a new production facility.
Plant Expansion

Golden State Foods to Invest $9.4 Million in Opelika, Alabama, Plant

Feb. 12, 2024
Opelika city council approved the investment and granted a 10-year tax abatement to GSF.
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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.
Courtesy of Jackson's
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Plant Expansion

Sweet Potato Kettle Chips Processor Adding Two High-Speed Lines in Plant Expansion

Sept. 29, 2023
Jackson’s expansion will nearly triple production capacity at its Muskego, Wis., processing plant, which is less than two years old.
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International

UK-based Hilton Foods to Supply Walmart Canada, Will Build New Canadian Plant to Meet Demand

Sept. 22, 2023
The new facility in eastern Canada is expected to begin operations in 2026 and will be the UK processor’s first North American plant.
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Plant Expansion

HP Hood to Invest $120 Million to Expand Batavia, N.Y., Processing Plant

Sept. 13, 2023
Project includes a 32,500-square-foot addition and new systems that will allow for production of extended-shelf-life beverages.