Grillo's Pickles Plans $54M Indiana Factory
Certified Kosher, Grillo’s pickles are made with no artificial preservatives or added colors.
The company that invites customers to "Chill Out, Eat a Pickle" confirmed plans for a new $54 million food manufacturing operation to meet its growing national demand from a site near Columbus, Indiana.
Grillo’s Pickles recently broke ground on a new 155,000-square-foot production facility along Interstate 65 in Bartholomew County. The new Taylorsville facility in northern Bartholomew County will be adjacent to a previously announced $175 million King’s Hawaiin bakery operation. Both companies are a subsidiary of Irrestible Food Group.
"Our pickles use a century-old family recipe and contain no artificial preservatives, Grillo's Pickles are packed, shipped, and sold refrigerated," said Adam Kaufman, president & CEO of Boston-based Grillo's Pickles. "For our new production site, it was important to us to find a central U.S. location with a skilled workforce and supportive business environment, and we are very excited to be in Bartholomew County, Indiana."
In 2023, Bartholomew County officials pledged up to $3.7 million from a combination of County Rainy Day Fund and County Economic Development Income Tax (CEDIT) funds to pay for off-site water, sewer and road improvement upgrades to serve the project site and surrounding area. Last June, County officials unanimously approved the company's request for an additional 10-year property tax phase-in on the new Grillo's Pickles building and equipment, to produce savings of approximately $1.2 million.
"When we purchased the Bartholomew County site, we did so with thoughts about building it out in phases," said Joe Leonardo, vice president of Strategic Operations for Irresistible Foods Group (IFG) and chief operating officer of King's Hawaiian. "Today's announcement for Grillo's Pickles confirms our strategy."
In addition to local incentives, based on the company's investment and job creation plans, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation committed an investment in Grillo's Pickles of up to $1.4 million in the form of incentive-based tax credits.
About Irresistible Foods Group
Established in September 2021, Irresistible Foods Group (IFG) is the parent company to King's Hawaiian, Grillo's Pickles, Killer Brownie Company and other distinctive brands. IFG is 100% family owned and is committed to authentically stewarding Irresistible brands into the future as they have with King's Hawaiian for more than 75 years. We believe in irresistibility not just in our products, but in our values, 'ohana (family) and roots. We believe the core of our irresistibility is our values. IFG strives to be the most trusted, influential, and value-creating family of authentic food & beverage brands that are beloved by their consumers for their irresistible products, uniquely connected through their shared values, and sold in the perimeter (of grocery stores).
About Grillo's Pickles
For people who want freshness, Grillo's is the pickle company that is changing the game. That's because Grillo's uses only clean, garden-fresh ingredients to make deliciously simple foods that deliver all the crunchy, tangy, satisfying flavor you've been searching for, with none of the junk. How do we do it? Our products are made cold, shipped cold, and consumed cold. You get an incredible crunch, and we never have to mess with artificial preservatives. In fact, the only thing traditional about us is our 100-year-old family recipe. The rest? It's fresh. Grillo's offers mouthwatering bites nationwide with their selection of spears, chips, wholes and Pickle de Gallo.
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