# Wholesome Harvest Baking to invest $22.1M in Roanoke facility expansion

Wholesome Harvest Baking, a subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo, plans to invest $22.1 million to upgrade equipment and add a production line for artisan bread at its facility in Roanoke, Virginia. The company will retrain 324 existing employees.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-05-16
- Where: Roanoke, Virginia, United States
- Value: $22.1M
- Jobs: 324
- Status: announced
- Products: artisan bread
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Grupo Bimbo](https://endata.com/companies/9408.md)
- [Wholesome Harvest Baking](https://endata.com/companies/22459.md)
- [Grupo Bimbo](https://endata.com/companies/9408.md) (investor)
- [Grupo Bimbo](https://endata.com/companies/9408.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [bakingbusiness.com](https://www.bakingbusiness.com/articles/32032-wholesome-harvest-baking-expanding-in-virginia), 2017-05-16: "We value our people who work in the Roanoke community and believe that a successful company is built on the talents of our many associates."
- [just-food.com](https://www.just-food.com/news/grupo-bimbo-invests-to-expand-us-plant/), 2017-05-17: "Grupo Bimbo's US subsidiary Wholesome Harvest Baking is to invest more than US$22m in its Roanoke, Virginia-based facility to upgrade equipment and introduce a new production line for artisan bread."
- [roanoke.org](https://roanoke.org/wholesome-harvest-baking-expands-will-invest-22-million-in-roanoke-region/), 2017-05-17: "Wholesome Harvest Baking, a subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo, one of the world's largest bakery companies, will invest $22.1 million to upgrade equipment and add a production line for artisan bread."

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