Cargill opened its expanded cooked meats plant in Columbus, NE. The $111 million expansion adds 160,000 sq. ft. to the facility, doubling employment at the facility to 460 by the end of 2017.
Mars Chocolate NA is spending $100 million on its new Royal Canin plant in Sioux City, SD and $50 million to expand Wrigley’s Yorkville, IL facility, adding Skittles production. The company is also spending $31 million to update the Mars Food Greenville, MS facility.