Thursday, June 30, 2011

Canadian company to make peanut butter in Troy

Associated Press
TROY, Ala. (AP) — A Canadian company has announced plans to open a plant in Troy that will make peanut butter.
Officials with Golden Boy Foods announced Thursday the company would make peanut butter in the former Campbell Enterprises building in the Troy Industrial Park. The company is expected to employ about 65 to 75 workers by the middle of next year and as many as 130 in 2013.
Golden Boy Foods is a leading supplier of organic and conventional, store brand peanut butter.
Economic development officials said the plant is expected to have a positive impact on farmers who grow peanuts in south Alabama.

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