# McKee Foods announces $500M investment plan including plant expansion

McKee Foods plans to invest over $500 million over 15 years, with the first phase of $225 million over five years including a $110 million expansion of its Apison plant in Collegedale, Tennessee, doubling its size and adding production lines. The first phase is scheduled for completion in summer 2020, creating 125 jobs initially and 480 total.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2020-03-18
- Where: Collegedale, Tennessee, United States
- Value: $500.0M
- Jobs: 480
- Starts operating: Q2 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: double plant size
- Products: cakes, pastries
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [McKee Foods Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/45824.md)

## Sources

- [foodprocessing.com](https://www.foodprocessing.com/business-of-food-beverage/business-strategies/news/11306050/mckee-foods-announces-500-million-investment), 2020-03-18: "McKee Foods has announced plans to invest more than half a billion dollars in capital investments over the next 15 years."

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