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Smithfield to expand Patrick Cudahy plant
Smithfield Foods is planning a $12 million expansion of its Patrick Cudahy plant in Milwaukee. Ground will be broken Thursday for the 17,000 square-foot expansion which will house four bacon-slicing lines. This will increase Smithfield’s bacon capacity by about 10 million pounds. The expansion should be fully-operational by December.
Patrick Cudahy meatpacking dates back to the 19th century in Milwaukee. The expansion will be in an area where a large portion of the plant was destroyed by fire in 2009. Two brothers, celebrating the 4th of July in the neighborhood, launched a military flare which landed on the roof of the plant. The fire caused $208 million in damages.
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