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Butterball launches $20 million expansion in N.C.
Story Date: 12/22/2017
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Source: Susan Kelly, MEATINGPLACE, 12/22/17
Butterball LLC is expanding its Raeford, N.C., operations to include a new production line for turkey bacon products, according to an announcement from the regional economic development organization.
The group, called North Carolina’s Southeast, said Butterball will invest nearly $20 million in the project and add 50 jobs to its Hoke County workforce, which currently totals more than 100.
Butterball arrived in Hoke County in February 2015, assuming part of the operations formerly held by House of Raeford, another large food manufacturer with operations in southeastern North Carolina.
“When Butterball opened the Raeford plant in 2015, we knew we had a great workforce and a state of the art facility, but the overall operation has exceeded our expectations,” Barry Gum, Butterball chief financial officer, said in the statement.
Based in Garner, N.C., Butterball produces more than a billion pounds of consumer turkey products annually. Butterball retail and foodservice products are distributed throughout the United States and in more than 45 countries. The company operates processing plants in North Carolina, Arkansas and Missouri.
In October, the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved $390,750 in Community Development Block Grant funding to assist in the installation of 4,900 linear-feet of 12” water main in support of Butterball’s new operations. Earlier in December, RIA authorized a $500,000 Building Reuse Grant to help with the renovation of the company’s 244,950-square-foot building, which was constructed in 1995.
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