FOOD ENGINEERING Announces 2025 Plant of the Year Award Winner

Carolina Foods’ Pineville, North Carolina, facility has won FOOD ENGINEERING magazine’s Plant of the Year for 2025. Courtesy Carolina Foods.
The award will be presented at the Food Automation & Manufacturing Symposium and Expo in April.
Carolina Foods’ Pineville, North Carolina, facility has won FOOD ENGINEERING magazine’s Plant of the Year for 2025.
The state-of-the-art headquarters and production facility is part of a strategic growth plan that began three years ago with an investment from Charlotte-based private equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners, which specializes in growing middle-market businesses. The new facility adds 425,000 square feet to Carolina Foods’ previously existing 100,000-square-foot operations space, creating such baked goods as Duchess Honey Buns, donuts, pastries and pies.
A full profile of the plant and its design will be published as the April cover story of FOOD ENGINEERING, and the award will be presented at the annual Food Automation & Manufacturing Symposium and Expo, held April 14-16 at the Hilton Downtown Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
Learn more about the winning food plant and FA&M 2025.
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