McCain Foods invests $200m into expanding Idaho potato processing plant
The company will construct additional buildings behind its existing facilities, according to Burley City Administrator Mark Mitton.
It’s certainly the largest company expansion Burley has seen in years, and is a significant capital investment to come before the Idaho Department of Commerce for a tax reimbursement incentive.
Megan Hill, Idaho Commerce spokeswoman:
“The McCain Foods project is the largest capital investment we have received in an application.”
The company will receive a 30-percent reimbursement of taxes over 15 years, totaling $5.86 million.
A sample of the frozen french fries McCain Foods USA offers in retail
Construction will begin this month, Idaho Commerce said in a statement. The new capacity will be up and running in late summer 2018.
Doug Manning, Burley’s Economic Development Director:
“This is the type of thing that can happen when everyone sits down together and can make it happen.”
“Statewide, we’ve made a commitment to McCain Foods, and McCain Foods will make a commitment to the state.”
The new production capacity for frozen french fries will require another 15,000 acres of potatoes to be grown per year from eastern Idaho to the Oregon border, Mitton said.
source: potatopro.com
