The acquisition enhances the company’s ability to serve Eastern retail and foodservice customers.
Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, acquired FPL Food’s ground beef processing plant in Columbia, S.C. Purchase of the 100,000-square-foot plant, which employs more than 200 people, complements Cargill’s meat processing facilities in Georgia and Pennsylvania. The acquisition enhances the company’s ability to serve Eastern retail and foodservice customers. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed, and the transaction is expected to close around the end of March.
“Cargill ground beef customers served by this plant will benefit from closer proximity to supplies and improved transit time for their orders,” says John Keating, president of Wichita, Kan.-based Cargill Beef. “We are acquiring an excellent facility, with outstanding people and capabilities. This acquisition underscores our ongoing commitment to grow our protein business and will enable us to better serve retail and foodservice customers in a region where people love ground beef.”