US group Pinnacle Foods is to expand a plant in Illinois to produce the Wish-Bone and Western salad dressings it acquired from Unilever earlier this year.
Pinnacle will extend the site in St. Elmo in Illinois as it seeks to bring production of the two brands in-house.
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The move will see 90 jobs created at the facility, which already manufactures Mrs Butterworth’s and Log Cabin syrup, as well as Open Pit barbecue sauce.
“The efficiencies we expect to generate at this new facility will enable us to invest and to reinvigorate the iconic Wish-Bone brand,” Tony Fernandez, Pinnacle’s supply chain officer, said.
Pinnacle qualifies for grants and tax incentives worth US$2.7m, state officials said.
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