J. M. Smucker Co. Manufacturing Facility and Distribution Center
The J. M. Smucker Co. Manufacturing Facility and Distribution Center is a planned facility for the Orrville, Ohio-based food manufacturer J. M. Smucker Co. on a 225-acre site at 7351 Old Tuscaloosa Highway in the JeffMet McCalla industrial park in McCalla.
The $1.1 billion facility,touted as "the largest capital investment in the county's history," was announced in November 2021 and is expected to open in May 2024 with 750 employees. It is designed to manufacture, package and distribute Smucker's "Uncrustables" line of frozen sealed crustless sandwiches. The company acquired that line through the acquisition of MenUSAver Inc. of West Fargo, North Dakota in 1998 and developed it into a blockbuster product which surpassed $500 million in sales in 2022. The McCalla plant builds on the capacity of an earlier dedicated plant in Scottsville, Kentucky.
The J. M. Smucker Co. contracted the Dennis Group of Springfield, Massachusetts and Burns & McDonnell of Kansas City, Missouri to design the facility.
References
- West, Ty (November 18, 2021) "J.M. Smucker Co. plans $1.1B project in Jefferson County." Birmingham Business Journal
- O'Leary, A. J. (July 28, 2023) "Smucker's on track for May 2024 operations launch." Birmingham Business Journal