Cargill is expanding its Big Lake egg processing facility
The Big Lake expansion includes capabilities to pasteurize, mix and cook a number of additional egg products for foodservice and protein ingredient customers.
Construction at the facility will start in May and the new capabilities are expected to become operational in January 2019.
Employment at the plant is expected to increase by approximately 16%, adding a dozen new positions to support the growth.
The expansion will double the facility’s annual requirement for eggs from family farms in the area to 170 million.
“We continue to invest in the traditional protein space to provide our foodservice and food ingredient customers innovative, high-quality cooked egg products to meet growing consumer demand,” said Jared Johnson, Big Lake plant general manager. “This investment underscores our ongoing commitment to the Big Lake community and our employees, egg suppliers and restaurant and foodservice customers throughout the upper Midwest.”
The Big Lake expansion is part of nearly $900 million of investments Cargill has made in the past two years to grow its traditional protein business in North America. At egg production facilities, this included a 2016 investment of $27 million in Lake Odessa, Mich., and a $12 million expansion in Mason City, Iowa, in 2017.
Cargill opened the Big Lake facility in 2001. It complements Cargill’s egg processing facilities in Monticello, Minn.; Mason City, Iowa; and Lake Odessa, Mich.
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