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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Daily's Premium Meats expansion will bring over 100 jobs to St. Joseph
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A groundbreaking ceremony took place Monday outside of Daily's Premium Meats to officially start an expansion that will double the size of the plant. Many political figures were in attendance, including Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe. We're going to continue as governor to make sure Missouri is a place businesses can grow," Gov. Kehoe said. "Where innovation is welcome and where our workforce remains one of the strongest in the country." The $95 million expansion will bring in about 115 new jobs and now St. Joseph, Missouri, will produce 5% of the bacon in the United States. Buchanan County Western District Commissioner Ron Hook said the new jobs and more bacon were some of the main positives from the expansion. "We got a of workforce people really wanting to work, get to work and have good jobs," Hook said. "Buchanan County and the City of St. Joseph are here to help any business around to create more jobs for the people that need the work." St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Natalie Hawn said one of the successes St. Joseph has had is "growing its own." "When we have a company here, really working with them to expand here versus other parts of the country and that is exactly what happened here with Daily's," Hawn said. "They are a great partner and they're looking to expand here in St. Joseph, where they already had a plant, literally doubling the size of what they have today." The expansion will take five years to complete. Gov. Kehoe complimented the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce during his speech and said they have an understanding of "what the end game is," which is to create more opportunities for Missourians. "Whenever you have a chamber that is that involved, that integrated into the community, you see good success like we have here at Daily's," Gov. Kehoe said. "We couldn't be happier with the (near) $100 million expansion and the over 100 jobs we are adding to the area.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Daily's Premium Meats expansion will bring over 100 jobs to St. Joseph
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A groundbreaking ceremony took place Monday outside of Daily's Premium Meats to officially start an expansion that will double the size of the plant. Many political figures were in attendance, including Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe. We're going to continue as governor to make sure Missouri is a place businesses can grow," Gov. Kehoe said. "Where innovation is welcome and where our workforce remains one of the strongest in the country." The $95 million expansion will bring in about 115 new jobs and now St. Joseph, Missouri, will produce 5% of the bacon in the United States. Buchanan County Western District Commissioner Ron Hook said the new jobs and more bacon were some of the main positives from the expansion. "We got a of workforce people really wanting to work, get to work and have good jobs," Hook said. "Buchanan County and the City of St. Joseph are here to help any business around to create more jobs for the people that need the work." St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Natalie Hawn said one of the successes St. Joseph has had is "growing its own." "When we have a company here, really working with them to expand here versus other parts of the country and that is exactly what happened here with Daily's," Hawn said. "They are a great partner and they're looking to expand here in St. Joseph, where they already had a plant, literally doubling the size of what they have today." The expansion will take five years to complete. Gov. Kehoe complimented the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce during his speech and said they have an understanding of "what the end game is," which is to create more opportunities for Missourians. "Whenever you have a chamber that is that involved, that integrated into the community, you see good success like we have here at Daily's," Gov. Kehoe said. "We couldn't be happier with the (near) $100 million expansion and the over 100 jobs we are adding to the area.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
State agriculture director visits St. Joseph
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Chris Chinn visited St. Joseph on Wednesday to attend the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce's agri-business meeting. Chinn discussed her experience in the agriculture business, as well as updating attendees on the Missouri Department of Agriculture and its recent trade show in Taiwan. Chinn has been the director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture since 2017, serving under three different governors. She said that she enjoys visiting St. Joseph and appreciates what the city offers in terms of agriculture. "St. Joe really is one of the state's best hidden gems," Chinn said. "A lot of people don't realize how many agriculture companies are based right here in St. Joe and they help us when it comes to export markets, when it comes to feeding Missourians. And so this is a great opportunity to come up and highlight these businesses and just thank them for being a part of the Missouri agriculture community." The meeting, which was not open to the public, took place at BioZyme. The company's president and CEO, Lisa Norton, said she was happy to have Chinn speak on Wednesday morning. "We're really excited to have someone in that position that finds St. Joseph of importance and to come meet all of us and carry our message forward," Norton said.
