Butterball LLC is expanding its Raeford operations to include a new production line for turkey bacon products. The company will add 50 jobs to its Hoke County workforce, which currently totals more than 100. Garner, N.C.-based Butterball will invest nearly $20 million in the project.
“Butterball’s continued commitment to Hoke County highlights the strength of our consumer foods sector,” said Don Porter, director of Raeford/Hoke County Economic Development. “The company’s arrival here nearly three years ago has renewed excitement in our community, in addition to creating obvious economic momentum with these new jobs and investment dollars.” The county’s unemployment rate as of October 2017 was 5.1 percent, Porter said, citing the most recent figures from the N.C. Department of Commerce. “That’s down significantly from the 6.7 percent unemployment rate we had in October 2016.”