Three hundred and fifty new jobs are bound for Pee Dee. H.J. Heinz Co. recently announced that it would open a Florence County facility to expand its production of frozen foods. The Florence Morning News has the scoop:
The company will offer full- and part-time positions at a 225,000-square-foot facility on 49 acres in Pee Dee Electric Cooperative’s Touchstone Energy Commerce City, near Interstate 95 and S.C. 327.
According to county documents the initial investment in the plant will be $105 million.[...]
The Florence facility will produce frozen entrees in its Weight Watchers Smart Ones and Boston Market product lines.
Sales of Smart Ones products grew 26 last year, when Heinz-branded product sales increased about 14 percent, according to the company’s fiscal year 2008 report, issued last week.
Annual sales for Heinz surpassed $10 billion for the first time, according to the report.
“Our frozen meals business is growing rapidly, and the new facility is a sign of our commitment to supporting and sustaining this growth,” Dave Moran, president and CEO of Heinz North America, said in a press release.
Heinz North America employs more than 10,000 people, according to the press release.
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