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The facility will serve as a hub to distribute products to customers and communities throughout Georgia’s Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Towns and Union counties.

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings, expansions and closures in the food and beverage industry, including Nelson-Jameson’s distribution center, Oatly’s closure of its Singapore plant, Richardson’s oat processing facility expansion, Vertical Cold Storage’s multimodal distribution center and cellular agriculture accelerator The Cultured Hub.

The facility expands Undercover Snacks’ in-house production of crisped quinoa and other nutrient-dense ingredients.

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings and expansions in the food and beverage industry.

The facility is slated to open in summer 2026, and the project is expected to create 30 jobs initially, with plans to expand to 60 people in the coming years.

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings, expansions and closures in the food and beverage industry.

Bazzini was founded in New York City in 1886 and has provided peanuts to Yankee Stadium since 1923

The expansion doubles Hain’s U.S. network capacity and minimizes the distance it takes to deliver products by an anticipated 66% annually.

With an investment of more than $675 million, the new facility will produce creamers for brands including Coffee mate, natural bliss and Starbucks.

The new facility, located three miles from the company headquarters, will be used for pizza production and will provide 50 new skilled labor positions.