Missouri: Food Solutions What Can We Grow For You? 2 Food Solutions in Missouri 130+ 20+ 90+ WINERIES DISTILLERIES BREWERIES Missouri’s robust food production sector includes Missouri gives your company rapid access to global nearly 400 companies, with the capacity for many more, markets, extensive distribution options, a friendly due to Missouri’s leading role in agricultural products regulatory environment and access to a diverse cus- including rice, soybeans, corn, sorghum, cattle, turkeys, tomer base. and hogs. And pet food companies with their North American Missouri is home to 130+ wineries, 90+ craft breweries, headquarters in Missouri generate nearly $30 billion in 20+ distilleries and the world-famous Budweiser revenue each year. family of beers. And Missouri’s agriculture industry contributes $33 billion in GDP to Missouri’s economy, and generates $88 billion in sales and more than 378,000 jobs. 3 Missouri’s Food Solutions Companies Missouri's top food solutions companies by employment Food solutions company 1 2 3 ¤£71 ¤£169 ¤£136 (! !( Maryville ¨¦§29 4 5 6 7 6(!!( Kirksville £59 (! ¤£61 ¤ ¤£465 35 ¨¦§ £63 4 3 ¤ St. Joseph !( ! (! (! (! !(!!(! ((! (! ¤£36 (! !( 1(!(!(!(! 10(! Hannibal (!(!8¨¦§72 (! 7 8 (! !( (! (! (!(! (! (! (! ¤£24 (! Moberly (! (!(! (! (!(! (! (! (! (!(!7 (!(! (!(!!( Mexico Kansas City(!(!(!(!!( (! (! 10(!(!!( Marshall (!(!(!(!(!(! (! ! 8(!(! (! 1(! Columbia(! (!(!(!(!(!6(! (! (! ! (!(! (! ¨¦§70 (!(! (! (!(! (! (! (! (! (! 9 10 !( (! (! 64 (!(!(!(!(!(! Warrensburg (! (! ¨¦§ (! !4(!(!(!(!!( 1(!!( Sedalia (!(!(! (!(!(! (!(!(!(!(!(!(!(! (! (! (!! (!(! (!(! (! (!(!(!(!(!(!(!(!2 St. Louis (! (!!((! Jefferson City(!(!(! (!(!(!(!(!(!(! (!(!(!(!(!(!(!(!(! (!(! (! (! (! (!(!(! (! (! ! (!(! (! (!(! (! (! ( (! (! (! (! (! (! (! (! (!(! ¨¦§49 (!(! (! (! ! 55 ¤£65 (! (!(! ( ¨¦§ (! (!(!(!(! (! (! (! (! (!(! (! !(! 5 (! £54 ( (! ¤ Farmington(! !( (! Fort Leonard Wood !( (!(!(!(!(! (!5(! (! !( (!(! (! (!(! Lebanon (! (! (! (! (! (! (! (! (! ¨¦§44 ¤£63 (! (! (! !( 5 ¤£160 Cape Girardeau (! (! (! (! (! (! (!(! (!6(!(!(!(!!((!(!Springfield (! !( (! (! (! 8(!(!(!(!(!Joplin(! (! (! (! (! (!(!(! 67 4 5 (!(! ¤£60 ¤£ (!!( 57 (!(! 1 (! (! (! (! Sikeston¨¦§ (! Poplar Bluff !( (! (! West Plains !( (! 1 1(! (! (! (! (! 9 (!(! ¤£160 (!(! ¤£62 (! !( Kennett IN THEIR WORDS “The State of Missouri and the local communities in which we operate have been very supportive of Gilster- Mary Lee for over 40 years. Our sites there have access to a capable workforce, close proximity to many of our key raw materials, many of which are grown in Missouri including rice, popcorn and cornmeal, and good transportation access to serve our customers throughout the U.S. and other parts of the world. The State has also helped us identify and explore new international markets for our products. We appreciate the support that Missouri gives its existing agribusiness partners.” Tom Welge, Vice President, Technical Sales, Gilster-Mary Lee 4 Recent Food Processing Projects AB Mauri (HQ St. Louis), a global company that supplies Beyond Meat (Columbia), a plant-based burger startup, the food and baking industries with high-quality yeast tripled its production capacity in Columbia, Missouri and bakery ingredients, moved its North American in 2018 by opening a second facility. The new plant is headquarters into St. Louis’s Cortex Innovation expected to create 250 new jobs in the region. Community in 2015, making an $8.2 million investment. In 2017, the company announced plans to expand Boulevard Brewing Co. (Kansas City) opened a $10 mil- further, adding 7 new jobs. lion state-of-the-art canning line next to its Kansas City brewery in 2018. Located in a 24,000 sq. ft., single-story Ajinomoto Windsor (Carthage and Joplin) opened structure, the canning line is able to fill 350 12-ounce a new facility in Joplin in 2018, which will eventually cans per minute. employ 240 people. The plant manufacturers frozen appetizers, such as onion rings, mozzarella sticks and Brick River Cider (St. Louis) invested $1.5 million to mini tacos. open a cidery in St. Louis. The 8,000 sq. ft. upper level of the building will be able to accommodate up to 80 Anheuser-Busch InBev (St. Louis), a multinational drink guests, while the 4,000 sq. ft. space downstairs has a and brewing holdings company, announced plans to capacity of about 50 guests. invest $500 million in its U.S. operations in 2018, includ- ing more than $20 million in the St. Louis area. Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate (St. Louis) acquired a nearly 23,000 sq. ft. facility in The Hill neighborhood as Aurora Organic Dairy (Columbia), a leading producer the chocolatier continues to grow its national wholesale of store-brand organic milk and butter for U.S. retailers, channel. announced plans in 2017 to invest $90 million in a new manufacturing plant that will create 100 or more jobs Frick’s Quality Meats (Washington), a manufacturer in Columbia. The plant is expected to be operational of smoked meats and sausages, announced plans to sometime in 2019. expand in Washington, Missouri. The expansion repre- sents $8 million in capital investment and is anticipated to add more than 40 new jobs to the region. Aurora Organic Dairy breaks ground on a facility in Columbia, Missouri. 5 Italgrani USA (St. Louis), a grain storage and milling Pipeline Foods LLC (St. Louis), the first U.S.-based firm, announced plans for a $37 million expansion of supply chain solutions company focused exclusively its facilities on St. Louis’ south riverfront. The company on non-GMO and organic food and feed, announced it added additional storage bins and a new mill to expand was expanding with a new regional office in St. Louis, capacity by about 40 percent. Missouri. The new location focuses on increasing the value-added services Pipeline Foods provides across J. Rieger & Co. Distillery (Kansas City) announced plans the supply chain, including clean processing of specialty to expand in Kansas City’s historic West Bottoms neigh- grains and oilseeds into ingredients for food and feed borhood. The expansion helped the distillery quintuple companies. production to meet growing demand, and allowed it to grow from its team of a half dozen employees to a Post Holdings Inc. (St. Louis) closed on the purchase headcount of more than 40. of a 3.6-acre site to serve as a corporate office for the consumer packaged goods company. Jasper Products (Joplin), an industry-leading manufac- turer of extended shelf life and aseptically packaged Premium Waters (Kansas City) announced plans to nutritional beverage products serving both private create 38 new jobs in Riverside. The expansion repre- label and contract customers, announced a $26 million- sented $1 million in capital investment. expansion to meet the companies growing market share and customer base. As part of its expansion, the Spray Dynamics (Union), a maker of seasonings, oils, company added 75 new jobs to its workforce of 550. coatings and other items for the snack industry, opened a new factory near St. Louis, Missouri in 2018, that is Kansas City Breweries Co. (Kansas City) announced expected to add 50-60 new jobs. plans to build a new, large-scale brewing and beverage manufacturing complex in Kansas City, Missouri. The SugarCreek Packing Co. (Carthage) expanded its facility new plant has capacity to produce 100,000 barrels of in Carthage, Missouri, with plans to create 70 new beer annually, with additional capability for bottling manufacturing jobs. private-label sports energy drinks, sodas, ciders and juice products. Triumph Foods (St. Joseph), a pork processing op- eration with more than 2,800 employees, expanded Moberly Natural Crush, LLC (Moberly), a food solutions creating more than 70 new jobs at their St. Joseph startup, purchased a seven-acre lot and assets in the headquarters. northwest corner of Moberly’s industrial park. The company will operate as a specialty soybean processor focused on the burgeoning demand for non-GMO and Organic food products. Nestlé (Trenton) announced that it reached a condition- al agreement with Conagra Brands, which will support the manufacturing of Chef-mate products in Trenton, Missouri. The company expected to add approximately 135 to 150 new employees at the plant. In 2017, Swiss- based Nestlé SA announced plans to move its IT opera- tions from California to St. Louis, creating 300 IT jobs. Nestlé’s Purina PetCare unit has its base in downtown St. Louis, where over 3,000 employees work. Pepsi Mid-America (Poplar Bluff) cut the ribbon on a new distribution center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The facility added 75 new jobs to the region and distributes soda and snacks to retailers across the state. 6 Missouri’s Food Solutions Companies Locations with more than 100 employees Company Name City Employees 1123: Poultry and Egg Production Opal Foods LLC Neosho 300 Vital Farms Springfield 100 3111: Animal Food Manufacturing Diamond Pet Company Meta 100 General Mills Heartland Pet Food Mfg Joplin 203 Hampshire Pet Products Joplin 200 Mars Petcare Kansas City 180 Nestle Purina Petcare St Joseph 252 Nestlé Purina Petcare Co St Louis 1,764 Nestlé Purina Product and Technology Center St Joseph 150 Royal Canin USA Rolla 100 Royal Canin USA Inc St Charles 150 3112: Grain and Oilseed Milling Ag Processing Inc St Joseph 200 Bunge Oilseed Processing Div St Louis 450 General Mills Inc Kansas City 145 General Mills Inc Joplin 500 Gilster-Mary Lee Corp Jasper 100 Gilster-Mary Lee Corp Joplin 165 Gilster-Mary Lee Corp Perryville 500 Gilster-Mary Lee Corp Mc Bride 500 Gilster-Mary Lee Corp