The company is making a multimillion-dollar investment in the 200,000-sq.-ft. facility, providing production, logistics and warehouse space, including building one new small-format and two large-format production lines.
Based in Chichester, England, Natures Way Foods employs 1,300 people and specializes in the supply of fresh, convenient food supporting retail and foodservice customers.
The company reports it has implemented a voluntary early retirement program for a portion of its non-plant workforce, in addition to closing open roles and reducing certain positions across its office-based workforce.
The new pilot program directly compensates farmers for adopting regenerative agriculture practices such as composting, biological inputs and reducing chemical fertilizer use.
Monarc Clean Oilseed Processing gives producers the choice to work with alcohol-based solvents, such as ethanol, rather than petroleum derivatives, such as hexane.
B&G Foods previously divested the Green Giant U.S. shelf-stable vegetable product line to Seneca Foods in November 2023 and the Le Sueur U.S. shelf-stable vegetable product line to McCall Farms in August 2025.
The facility’s underground environment provides a naturally climate-controlled, energy-efficient and secure setting ideal for maintaining product integrity and supply chain efficiency.