USA: Amy's Kitchen will open plant in Greenville County

Amy's Kitchen will be purchasing the former Sara Lee building in Greenville County, South Carolina, USA; which will be in operation by 1 January 2012. The US$ 63 million investment is expected to create 700 jobs over the next five years, Greenville County reports. The Governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, joined Council Chairman Butch Kirven in Council Chambers to officially make the announcement. A video is available here

Amy’s is one of the big independent family businesses in the classic organic industry in the USA. Quite apart from having an appealing background story as a self-made manufacturer of food, Amy’s Kitchen impacts by selling a wide-ranging variety of vegetarian organic convenience foods. The canned soups and frozen meals are available in practically every marketing channel in North America and also on a number of markets abroad (we reported earlier). (Amy's Kitchen's product range - vegetarian ready meals, ethnic food, gluten-free and light cuisine)