Lake Ontario Fruit is actively working on another expansion of the apple packing business on Route 104. The company is working on a 28,070-square-foot addition of controlled atmosphere storage. The new storage space is necessary as many of the new apple trees that were planted in recent years are coming into maturity; a full crop is expected next fall. The company packs just over 1 million bushels of apples a year, and the new addition would allow the company pack about 220,000 more bushels.
Lake Ontario Fruit is pushing to have the new CA facility ready by September 1. It has 71 employees and will add 10 more jobs as part of the controlled atmosphere storage expansion. The project was backed by the Orleans Economic Development Agency with nearly $600,000 in incentives.
Source: orleanshub.com