City of Kings Mountain issued the following announcement on May 13.
Utz Brands Inc., recently announced that the company’s subsidiary has purchased a new, recently completed snack food facility in Kings Mountain.
The 15-acre site located just off of I-85 was purchased from Evans Food Group Ltd. doing business as Benestar Brands and includes the existing building, land and pork rind production equipment.
Utz will convert the space into a snack food manufacturing facility this year. The plan is to take the 125,000-square-foot facility and expand it to 200,000 square feet and add more than 115 jobs.
"With continued growth and excitement for our snack food brands, we are very excited to expand our roots in North Carolina, where we will be adding over 115 new jobs over time," said Cary Devore, chief operating officer of Utz Brands, Inc.
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Source: City of Kings Mountain
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