The facility will serve as the hub for Flora Food Group’s creams and cream cheeses products for the U.S. and Canada.

As a leading wholesale distributor of fresh and frozen beef, pork, poultry and additional food products, Mies Family Foods is expanding its operations to meet increasing demand while significantly upgrading its distribution capabilities. The new facility will more than triple the company's current capacity.

 Total space encompasses 1.5 million square feet with 360,000 square feet available for additional development, plus blast freezing capacity of over 1 million pounds per day.

The warehouse facility will be attached to Upfield’s New Century production plant through an above-ground conveyor bridge being constructed by Upfield and allowing its finished product to be delivered directly into the warehouse, with 100,000 square feet available for other customers.

 Based in Arkansas City, Kansas, Bryan Bartee will now serve as group vice president, operations for the company's KanPak Kansas dairy products facility.

Spanning nearly 20 million cubic feet with over 62,000 pallet positions, the distribution center’s innovations provide new levels of operational efficiency and reliability via automation.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Hilmar Cheese Company jointly announced the company’s decision to build a new state-of-the-art cheese and whey protein processing plant in Dodge City, Kansas. The new facility is expected to create 247 new jobs and represents $460 million in capital investment. The project is estimated to bring an additional $550 million in capital investment and 750 new jobs within a fifty-mile radius of Dodge City by late 2023.