Rising demand for its branded crackers has led Kellogg to expand its plant in Cary, making the site the company’s biggest manufacturing facility in the US.

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Kellogg said today (17 September) that it plans to create around 180 jobs at the North Carolina plant, taking the number of employees at the facility to around 800.


A Kellogg spokesperson said the growing popularity for the company’s Keebler and Cheez-It cracker brands had prompted the expansion.


“Growing demand for these products meant that we needed the expanded capacity,” the spokesperson told just-food today.

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