ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston to Expand Operations in Boardman, Ore.
March 11 2016 - 9:25AM
Business Wire
ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) announced today that its Lamb
Weston business will expand operations at its facility in Boardman,
Ore. The $30 million investment will add additional processing
capacity for making formed products such as hash brown patties and
potato puffs. The addition of the line at the company’s existing
facility is expected to add 50 jobs.
With continued increase in demand for frozen potato products
domestically and internationally, and the increasing popularity of
formed products, this capacity expansion is necessary to fulfill
Lamb Weston’s global growth projections. Construction on the
state-of-the-art processing line is expected to begin in the
spring, with completion in 2017. The added line will increase
processing capacity by approximately 50 million pounds once
complete.
“With the frozen potato category growing globally, we have
tremendous opportunity to support our customers’ growth in the US
and around the world,” said Greg Schlafer, President, Lamb Weston.
“To capture that growth, we need to make more products. Expanding
our operations in the Columbia Basin – with access to great
potatoes, people and ports – just makes sense.”
The facility in Boardman is strategically situated to support
domestic and international growth, with proximity to prime growing,
storage and shipping operations, and easy access to the Port of
Morrow. The company opened an initial expansion of the facility in
June, 2014, adding 300 million pounds of capacity with a new fry
line. That $200 million project included plans for the addition
announced today. Lamb Weston currently employs 390 people in
Boardman.
“Lamb Weston’s planned expansion shows their continued
commitment to the Port of Morrow, Boardman and the Mid-Columbia
region as the right place to do business,” said Gary Neal, General
Manager, Port of Morrow. “Their ongoing investments add good paying
jobs to our Region and we are fortunate to have such great partners
at the Port.”
Lamb Weston is one of the largest employers in the Columbia
Basin, with approximately 4,500 employees at a corporate office and
seven manufacturing facilities in the region. A frozen potato
industry leader, the company operates 22 manufacturing facilities
in North America, Europe and China.
About ConAgra FoodsConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG), is
one of North America's leading packaged food companies with
recognized brands such as Marie Callender's®, Healthy Choice®,
Slim Jim®, Hebrew National®, Orville Redenbacher's®, Peter
Pan®, Reddi-wip®, PAM®, Snack Pack®, Banquet®, Chef Boyardee®, Egg
Beaters®, Hunt’s® and many other ConAgra Foods brands found in
grocery, convenience, mass merchandise and club stores. ConAgra
Foods also has a strong business-to-business presence,
supplying frozen potato and sweet potato products as well as other
vegetable, spice and grain products to a variety of well-known
restaurants, foodservice operators and commercial customers. For
more information, please visit us at www.conagrafoods.com.
ABOUT LAMB WESTONLamb Weston, a ConAgra Foods brand, is a
leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and
vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the world.
For more than 60 years, Lamb Weston has led the industry in
innovation, introducing inventive products that simplify
back-of-house management for our customers and make eating more
delicious for their customers. From the fields where Lamb Weston
potatoes are grown to proactive customer partnerships, Lamb Weston
always strives for more and never settles. Because, when we look at
a potato, we see possibilities.
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