Kraft Heinz is making a multimillion-dollar investment at its factory in Montreal.
In a statement, the company said it will invest C$250m ($182.3m) to “modernise” its Mont Royal factory in the Canadian city.
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The funds will be used to “upgrade and modernise key plant systems” at the facility to improve “efficiency, sustainability and innovation”. Just Food has asked for further details.
The site employs more than 1,000 people and manufactures products including Philadelphia cream cheese and Kraft peanut butter.
As part of the programme, the company said it “will work to introduce new production volume into the plant”.
Simon Laroche, the president of Kraft Heinz’s operations in Canada, said: “This investment underscores our more than 120-year-old commitment to Canada and producing the foods Canadians love right here at home.” The company employs about 2,000 people in the country.
Last week, Mars said it had spent C$180m at four sites in Ontario to “accelerate manufacturing innovation and workplace modernisation”.
Earlier this month, Kraft Heinz set out plans to close three factories in New Zealand. The company pointed to “increasingly difficult” operating conditions in the country.
Last month, the US giant announced it had put its idea to split in two on hold, with the Heinz ketchup maker deciding instead to focus on getting the business growing again.
In September, the Oscar Mayer meats and Maxwell House coffee brands owner announced plans to create two separate businesses with “greater strategic and operational focus” to, the company said, “drive better performance”.
