Meruelo Group-owned Fuji Food Products plans to open a ready meal production plant in South Elgin, Illinois, next month.

The 40,000 square foot food plant will specialise in fresh, refrigerated and ready-to-eat organic meals. It will serve markets in the Midwest, with national distribution capabilities, the company said.

“Growth and momentum at Fuji has been consistent and continues,” said Joe Marchica, CEO of Fuji Food Products. “This will be our third owned facility to provide national distribution of our fresh, healthy, organic single-serve and family-size ready-to-eat meals.”