Idled meat plant in Cherokee gets new owner
BPC Staff Oct 28, 2019 | 4:00 pm
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78 wordsAll Latest News, Manufacturing, Statewide NewsSioux City Journal: The former Iowa Food Group meat plant in Cherokee has a new owner. Lopez Foods paid $5.8 million for the facility. The Oklahoma-based company is expected to begin operations by next spring. Previously operated by Wilson Foods, later Tyson Foods, the plant has long been a major employer in the Cherokee County seat. Iowa Food Group purchased the plant for $2.35 million in September 2018 but ceased operations last spring after just a few months.
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