US breakfast foods business Williams Sausage Co. is to set up a second facility in Union City in Tennessee.

According to a statement issued through the office of Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, Williams Sausage’s existing plant in Union City is “operating at near capacity”.

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The new, 180,000 square foot facility will include a new sandwich processing line, cold storage distribution and corporate offices.

Roger Williams, the company’s CEO, said the business was “excited about expanding in our hometown”. He added: “The support we have received from the state of Tennessee, Union City and Obion County in this endeavour has been overwhelming and will help propel our business to a new level.”

Williams Sausage is spending US$37m on the new facility. The expansion “will create 226 new jobs in Obion County over the next five years”, the statement said.

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The company, set up in 1958, sells products in 20 US states.

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