Food & Beverage
Goal: Attraction of food and beverage manufacturing and distribution companies
Production, shipment, and distribution of packaged foods and beverages.
Food & Beverage
Goal: Attraction of food and beverage manufacturing and distribution companies
Production, shipment, and distribution of packaged foods and beverages.
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About Food & Beverage
Memphis’ diverse supply chain of raw materials keeps the food and beverage industry thriving. Area food and beverage companies have strong specializations within Grain and Oilseed Milling, Dairy Product Manufacturing, and Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing.
With the second-largest concentration of transportation and warehousing employees in the United States and located within a two-day drive of 75% of the U.S. population, companies here have a competitive advantage in distributing products.
By the Numbers
Food & Beverage
Workers in the Food and Beverage Industry
%
Job Growth
Economic Presence
Food & Beverage in Memphis
- Rich’s
- Riviana
- Hershey
- Calbee
- Frito Lay
- Monogram Foods
- The J. M. Smucker Co.
- ADM
- Flowers Foods
- ConAgra
- Kellogg’s
- IFF
- Tootsie Roll Industries
- St. Clair Foods
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IEDC
2020: Excellence in Economic Development Gold Award for NEED Grant Program
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Community Builder PILOT
J.M. Smucker
J.M. Smucker’s approval of a 15-year PILOT encouraged the company to renovate its Memphis facilities to accommodate this production and invest in $96 million in related manufacturing and packaging equipment. Before this approval in 2012, the company was scheduled to close its south Memphis facility and relocate production to Ohio. In 2019, J.M. Smucker evaluated locations for production of Jif Creamy Clusters (granola snacks with peanut butter centers) and selected their Memphis facility because of a 6-year PILOT that created 25 jobs and an additional $9 million in capital investment. J.M. Smucker is a 125-year-old publicly traded food manufacturer that employs 7,000 people at 30 locations in the United States.Â
Community Builder PILOT
J.M. Smucker
J.M. Smucker’s approval of a 15-year PILOT encouraged the company to renovate its Memphis facilities to accommodate this production and invest in $96 million in related manufacturing and packaging equipment. Before this approval in 2012, the company was scheduled to close its south Memphis facility and relocate production to Ohio. In 2019, J.M. Smucker evaluated locations for production of Jif Creamy Clusters (granola snacks with peanut butter centers) and selected their Memphis facility because of a 6-year PILOT that created 25 jobs and an additional $9 million in capital investment. J.M. Smucker is a 125-year-old publicly traded food manufacturer that employs 7,000 people at 30 locations in the United States.
Community Builder PILOT
J.M. Smucker
J.M. Smucker’s approval of a 15-year PILOT encouraged the company to renovate its Memphis facilities to accommodate this production and invest in $96 million in related manufacturing and packaging equipment. Before this approval in 2012, the company was scheduled to close its south Memphis facility and relocate production to Ohio. In 2019, J.M. Smucker evaluated locations for production of Jif Creamy Clusters (granola snacks with peanut butter centers) and selected their Memphis facility because of a 6-year PILOT that created 25 jobs and an additional $9 million in capital investment. J.M. Smucker is a 125-year-old publicly traded food manufacturer that employs 7,000 people at 30 locations in the United States.
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