USA: Daisy Brand to build $627 million facility in Iowa

Daisy Brand, a leading manufacturer of dairy-based products, has announced plans to invest $627 million to build a new processing plant in Boone, IA to meet increased demand.

Spanning an area of 750,000 square feet, the facility will be the company’s fourth and is expected to create 255 jobs for the region once fully operational.  The company also has manufacturing sites in  Garland (TX), Casa Grande (AZ) and Wooster (OH).

Founded in 1917, Daisy Brand is a fifth-generation family-owned company that claims to be a market leader in sour cream and cottage cheese, with distribution in all 50 states. Recently the firm, which uses the strapline “Pure & Natural”, also started selling flavoured dips with a sour cream base.

Source: Food Processing / AOL / Daisy Brand