Major food producer investing $27M in St. Louis-area plant, bringing 100 new jobs

Major food producer investing $27M in St. Louis-area plant, bringing 100 new jobs
January 24, 2020 Jerry Vallely

This story was originally published in the St. Louis Business Journal on January 24, 2020.


Steph Kukuljan | St. Louis Business Journal


“Tyson Foods Inc. is investing $27 million to upgrade its Landshire Inc. plant in Caseyville, Illinois, in a move that will create 100 new jobs, the company confirmed to the Business Journal.

The Springdale, Arkansas-based food conglomerate (NYSE: TSN) will add three new lines that will annually produce approximately 16 million pounds of product. Tyson said it expects the new lines to be operational by March, a spokesman told the Business Journal.

The Caseyville plant, known locally as the Landshire Sandwich assembly plant, makes a variety of pre-packaged sandwiches and related bread products…”

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