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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Daily’s Premium Meats To Locate Meat Processing Facility In St. Joseph, Missouri

04/01/2015
Daily’s Premium Meats will build a new 100,000 square foot meat processing facility, creating 212 new jobs in St. Joseph, Missouri. The company’s expansion project includes an initial capital investment of $41.5 million.

Construction is slated to begin this summer and the company expects the St. Joseph facility to be fully operational by May 2016. Daily's currently operates additional plants in Missoula, Montana, where it was founded in 1893, and Salt Lake City. Expanding to St. Joseph will put the company in closer proximity to its suppliers and strengthen its position to expand its customer base.

Daily's Premium Meats is a leading supplier of processed pork items and specializing in sliced-to-order naturally smoked bacon. Using only fresh-trimmed pork bellies, the company serves a wide variety of high quality items including honey cured bacon, apple wood smoked bacon, naturally smoked hams and breakfast sausages. Daily's Premium Meats is jointly owned by Triumph Foods and Seaboard Foods.

To assist Daily's Premium Meats with its expansion to St. Joseph, the Missouri Department of Economic Development has offered a strategic incentive package that the company can receive if its meets strict job creation and investment criteria.

Governor Jay Nixon said, "A strategic central location and experienced workforce continue to accelerate growth in Missouri's consumer food products sector. I am very pleased to welcome Daily's Premium Meats to St. Joseph, where its investment and new jobs will continue to advance economic development in this key industry."

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