Thrushwood Farms Quality Meats Inc. recently announced a building expansion to accommodate growth in the meat snack and read-to-eat sector of the business. The company is adding 30,000 square feet of production and warehouse space to its current 27,400-square-foot facility. The addition will consist of offices, meeting space, production capacity, and warehouse storage. The expansion will provide the needed resources to develop innovative shelf stable meat snacks for their brand and their private label customers.
“We decided over a year ago that we needed to plan our next strategic move for our facility. After discussing our future and the future plans of customers we decided in January to move forward with the project,” says Doug Hankes, vice president of operations for the Galesburg, Ill.-based processor. “We feel like it is the right time for our company to be in the co-packaging space for ready to eat products and specifically shelf stable meat snacks.”