# Empirical Foods breaks ground on $250M ground beef processing facility in Garden City

Empirical Foods held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new ground beef processing facility in Garden City, Kansas. The facility represents an investment of up to $250 million, is expected to be operational in 2023, and will bring about 300 new jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-10-23
- Where: Garden City, Kansas, United States
- Value: $250.0M
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: under construction
- Products: ground beef
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Empirical Foods](https://endata.com/companies/50732.md)

## Sources

- [eu.newschief.com](https://eu.newschief.com/story/news/local/2020/10/23/breaking-ground-for-growth/42883063/), 2020-10-23: "Empirical's become an industry leader because we have dedicated ourselves to designing, engineering, constructing and ultimately operating the most technologically advanced food processing system in the world."

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