The 900,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility will increase the company's production capacity for its Uncrustables brand to help meet demand for the frozen sandwiches.

The company is selling Voortman to Second Nature Brands nearly a year after acquiring the cookie brand.

The J.M. Smucker Co. announced an agreement to sell its natural and organic beverage and grains businesses to Nexus Capital Management LP in a cash transaction valued at approximately $110 million.

The J.M. Smucker Co. is investing $1.1 billion to build a new manufacturing facility and distribution center in McCalla, Alabama, dedicated to production of Smucker’s Uncrustables sandwiches. Construction of the facility is expected to begin in January 2022, with production planned for 2025.