Lamb Weston is expanding its French fry production capacity at American Falls. The $415 million-plus expansion project will increase capacity at the facility by about 40 percent. The project is expected to result in about 12,000 additional acres of potatoes in Idaho, mainly in Power and Bingham counties, where most of the product for the facility is sourced.
The first leg of the three-phase project is complete and the other two legs are under way. Lamb Weston officials expect the entire project to be completed by next June or July.
“We continue to be confident about the long-term health and growth of the global french fry market,” Lamb Weston President and CEO Tom Werner said in a news release announcing the project.
Source: aginfo.net
