Dive Brief:
- Dole Food Co. will spend $9 million to add vegetable-processing capacity to its plant in Springfield, OH. As many as 140 jobs will be added at the plant.
- Three new packing lines and one new processing line will be built as the company looks to add production capability for its vegetable products. The new lines will be dedicated to leafy greens like spinach and spring mix.
- Ohio agreed to provide a 50% tax incentive over 12 years to lure the plant. Springfield is also believed to have offered incentives, according to the Dayton Daily News.
Dive Insight:
This is good news for the folks in Springfield. It's not easy to find 140 jobs for manual laborers these days. But Dole's decision must be pretty tough to swallow in Gonzalez, CA., where Dole announced just weeks ago that it would close a vegetable-processing plant.