Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 12/18/15

Union County officials in North Carolina have approved a $225,000 incentives package that would help Tyson Foods expand its chicken plant in the city of Monroe, according to a local media report posted on the county’s website. 

The story quotes local officials as saying that Tyson is mulling a $5 million expansion at that facility.

Union County commissioners have approved incentives worth as much as $115,000, and the Monroe City Council authorized another $110,000 in incentives, according to the report.

Tyson spokesman Worth Sparkman confirmed to Meatingplace that the company is considering an expansion at its Monroe, N.C., plant, but declined to offer further details.

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