Monday, April 8, 2019

Maple Leaf building in Indiana


Maple Leaf Foods Inc. plans to build a $310-million US plant-based protein food processing facility in Shelbyville, Indiana.

It says the facility will be the largest of its kind in North America and is part of Maple Leaf’s wholly-owned subsidiary, , Greenleaf Foods, SPC.

Construction will start soon on the plant that will employ about 460 people when it is ready by late next year.

Maple Leaf will also invest $26 million US to expand existing facilities.