Dole Packaged Foods, LLC has opened a new frozen fruit facility in McDonough, Georgia. This is Dole’s third frozen fruit facility in the U.S., including locations in Atwater, California, and Decatur, Michigan.
The new facility is approximately 60,000 square feet, fully automated, and will have four manufacturing lines which, when at capacity, can produce 60 million pounds of frozen fruit annually. The operations will package frozen fruit for Dole's retail, foodservice, and private label customers on the east coast.
"We are very pleased to have this facility operational," said Sunil Phabiani, vice president, North America supply chain & operations, Dole Packaged Foods, in a statement. "One of our company's main initiatives is to provide access to good nutrition for a billion people in the next few years. This operation will help us achieve this goal."
Related: Freshly Opens Georgia Facility; Campbell to Shut Down Manufacturing Facility.
Image: Dole Packaged Foods