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Released June 19, 2024 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Dairies in the U.S. are staying busy, planning several upcoming projects to expand existing product offerings and add new products. Industrial Info is tracking more than $2.5 billion in projects that are planned to begin at U.S. dairy plants in the upcoming third quarter of this year. The projects cover a gamut of products, ranging from traditional milk and ice cream production to alternative, plant-based products.
Although sales of actual milk have been trending downward in the U.S. for the past several years, Americans are consuming more dairy than ever. In 2022, the latest year the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reported U.S. dairy trends, Americans consumed 653 pounds of dairy on average, up from 613 pounds in 2012, and compared with 539 pounds in 1975, the first year the USDA tracked the data.
Despite the downward trend in fluid milk consumption in the U.S., one of the largest dairy projects coming up in the third quarter is for a grassroot traditional milk-processing plant in Robinson, Texas, outside of Waco. According to a company press release, Walmart Incorporated (NYSE:WMT) (Bentonville, Arkansas) has been working across its food offerings to deliver increased transparency about where products come from, and the new dairy in Robinson will use milk sourced primarily from Texas dairy farmers.
The facility will be Walmart's third milk-processing facility in the U.S. Its first began operating in Indiana in 2018, and a second is slated to come online in Georgia next year. The products from the new Texas facility will serve more than 750 Walmart stores and Sam's Clubs throughout the southern U.S., including Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and parts of Arkansas and Mississippi. The dairy will cover a range of milk products with various fat contents such as 1%, 2% and whole, and it will manufacture 1% chocolate milk, providing both gallon and half-gallon sizes.
Construction on the new dairy is expected to begin soon, paving the way for the 800,000- to 900,000-square-foot facility to begin operations in 2026. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Food & Beverage Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report.
Tasty treats are on the menu from another project planned for Dunkirk, New York, which will expand production of ice cream novelties. Wells Enterprises Incorporated (Le Mars, Iowa) manufactures some of the U.S.' leading brands of frozen dairy treats, including Blue Bunny products, Halo Top lower calorie and sugar ice creams, and the Blue Ribbon ice cream line, which features more than 50 products. Wells plans to approximately double the Dunkirk's facility's footprint with a 200,000-square-foot building addition to replace aging production equipment and doubling production to about 20 million gallons of products per year. The expanded plant is expected to add about 200 new jobs when it is completed in 2025. Subscribers can click here to learn more about the project.
Not far from Wells' location in western New York, another dairy producer, HP Hood LLC (Lynnfield, Massachusetts), is expanding its operations in Batavia. Hood will start up a production line as well as construct a new 32,500-square-foot refrigerated warehouse, and automated storage and retrieval system. The project will increase the plant's production, which includes primarily extended-shelf-life dairy products, by 20 million gallons per year, putting the company's total production at nearly 150 million gallons of dairy products per year. The project is expected to be completed next summer. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project report.
While most of the upcoming U.S. dairy projects come from homegrown companies, Japanese beverage maker Yakult Honsha Company Limited (Tokyo) is adding a second U.S. production plant in Cartersville, Georgia, to manufacture its popular Yakult dairy-based probiotic beverage. The company manufactures original and light versions of Yakult, which is based on nonfat milk and contains a probiotic bacteria strain. Yakult last year selected Cartersville, about 45 miles from downtown Atlanta, as its second U.S. site, joining its California plant. While an exact square-footage is unknown, the facility is expected to be larger than the California location, where Yakult's North American headquarters also are based. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
As fluid dairy milk sales have declined in the U.S., alternative milk beverages have been rapidly gaining ground, including almond and coconut milks. Oat milk has seen some of the most significant growth, with its U.S. retail sales growing more than 50% in 2022, accounting for more than $527 million, according to FoodNavigator USA. Copacker Ya Ya Foods Corporation (Toronto, Ontario) is capitalizing on this trend with a Phase II expansion project that is expected to kick off this summer at its oat milk production plant in Ogden, Utah. The plant currently produces about 150 million liters of oat milk per year. Two new production lines will boost this to about 225 million liters annually when completed later this year. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project report.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
Although sales of actual milk have been trending downward in the U.S. for the past several years, Americans are consuming more dairy than ever. In 2022, the latest year the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reported U.S. dairy trends, Americans consumed 653 pounds of dairy on average, up from 613 pounds in 2012, and compared with 539 pounds in 1975, the first year the USDA tracked the data.
Despite the downward trend in fluid milk consumption in the U.S., one of the largest dairy projects coming up in the third quarter is for a grassroot traditional milk-processing plant in Robinson, Texas, outside of Waco. According to a company press release, Walmart Incorporated (NYSE:WMT) (Bentonville, Arkansas) has been working across its food offerings to deliver increased transparency about where products come from, and the new dairy in Robinson will use milk sourced primarily from Texas dairy farmers.
The facility will be Walmart's third milk-processing facility in the U.S. Its first began operating in Indiana in 2018, and a second is slated to come online in Georgia next year. The products from the new Texas facility will serve more than 750 Walmart stores and Sam's Clubs throughout the southern U.S., including Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and parts of Arkansas and Mississippi. The dairy will cover a range of milk products with various fat contents such as 1%, 2% and whole, and it will manufacture 1% chocolate milk, providing both gallon and half-gallon sizes.
Construction on the new dairy is expected to begin soon, paving the way for the 800,000- to 900,000-square-foot facility to begin operations in 2026. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Food & Beverage Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report.
Tasty treats are on the menu from another project planned for Dunkirk, New York, which will expand production of ice cream novelties. Wells Enterprises Incorporated (Le Mars, Iowa) manufactures some of the U.S.' leading brands of frozen dairy treats, including Blue Bunny products, Halo Top lower calorie and sugar ice creams, and the Blue Ribbon ice cream line, which features more than 50 products. Wells plans to approximately double the Dunkirk's facility's footprint with a 200,000-square-foot building addition to replace aging production equipment and doubling production to about 20 million gallons of products per year. The expanded plant is expected to add about 200 new jobs when it is completed in 2025. Subscribers can click here to learn more about the project.
Not far from Wells' location in western New York, another dairy producer, HP Hood LLC (Lynnfield, Massachusetts), is expanding its operations in Batavia. Hood will start up a production line as well as construct a new 32,500-square-foot refrigerated warehouse, and automated storage and retrieval system. The project will increase the plant's production, which includes primarily extended-shelf-life dairy products, by 20 million gallons per year, putting the company's total production at nearly 150 million gallons of dairy products per year. The project is expected to be completed next summer. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project report.
While most of the upcoming U.S. dairy projects come from homegrown companies, Japanese beverage maker Yakult Honsha Company Limited (Tokyo) is adding a second U.S. production plant in Cartersville, Georgia, to manufacture its popular Yakult dairy-based probiotic beverage. The company manufactures original and light versions of Yakult, which is based on nonfat milk and contains a probiotic bacteria strain. Yakult last year selected Cartersville, about 45 miles from downtown Atlanta, as its second U.S. site, joining its California plant. While an exact square-footage is unknown, the facility is expected to be larger than the California location, where Yakult's North American headquarters also are based. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
As fluid dairy milk sales have declined in the U.S., alternative milk beverages have been rapidly gaining ground, including almond and coconut milks. Oat milk has seen some of the most significant growth, with its U.S. retail sales growing more than 50% in 2022, accounting for more than $527 million, according to FoodNavigator USA. Copacker Ya Ya Foods Corporation (Toronto, Ontario) is capitalizing on this trend with a Phase II expansion project that is expected to kick off this summer at its oat milk production plant in Ogden, Utah. The plant currently produces about 150 million liters of oat milk per year. Two new production lines will boost this to about 225 million liters annually when completed later this year. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project report.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
