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BUSINESS NOTES

Clemens Food Group
expanding operations
to help the company
train workers
and a $2.5 million
Redevelopment Assistance Capital
Program (RACP) grant.
" Clemens Food Group is a familyowned business that has been a staple in
its community for over a century - founded
in Hatfield, built on hard work, and
committed to offering quality foods from
responsible farming practices, " said Tom
Wolf, governor of Pennsylvania. " My
administration is thrilled to support a
longstanding Pennsylvania business like
Clemens in its continued growth, bringing
nearly 90 new food manufacturing industry
career opportunities to the community. "
Founded in Hatfield, Clemens Food
Group is a sixth-generation, family-owned
business. The company operates a network
of more than 25 farms throughout Indiana,
North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Olymel to invest $9 million
in pork plant

company will have the opportunity to
devote a greater part of its activities to
value-added products and will be able to
consolidate its position in its domestic and
international markets. "
Renovation work at the facility has
already begun. Plans include adding
freezing capacity, expanding the cafeteria
and employee parking areas, as well
as upgrading its wastewater treatment
equipment. Once the company completes
the project, the Ange-Gardien facility will
gradually increase its weekly slaughter
capacity from 25,000 to 35,000 through
the first phase of the second shift. Plant
officials plan to reach a slaughter capacity
of 50,000 hogs per week depending on the
availability of deliveries and market needs.
The Olymel Ange-Gardien plant will
continue to be supplied by the privately
owned farms from F.Ménard, those of
its associated breeders and those in the
central Quebec hog-producing region.

Olymel, a Canadian producer, processor
and distributor of pork and poultry,
announced an investment of $9 million in
its Ange-Gardien (formerly F.Ménard) hog
slaughtering, cutting and deboning plant in
Montérégie-Est, Quebec. The company will
use the money to accommodate a second
shift at the plant, creating more than 250
new jobs with a goal of starting operations
in September 2021. Currently the plant
employs 680 people. That number will
grow to over 900 making the plant one of
the largest employers in the region.
" This announcement is in line with
Olymel's development strategy and growth
objectives, " said Réjean Nadeau, Olymel's
president and chief executive officer.
" Olymel is capitalizing on synergies from
the January 2020 acquisition of F.Ménard,
one of the leaders of the Quebec pork
industry. With this investment, our

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Impossible
Burger cuts
retail price
Impossible Foods has
reduced the suggested
retail price of its
Impossible Burger by 20%
in the United States, to
$5.49 for a 12-oz package.
According to the
company, the price cut
is in response to market
growth and added scale.
" Our plan is to reverse
global warming and halt
our planet's extinction
crisis by making the food
system sustainable, "
said Patrick O. Brown,
PhD, MD, founder and
chief executive officer.
" To do that, we need
to make meat better in
every way that matters
to consumers - taste,
nutrition, convenience
and affordability. With
economies of scale, we
intend to keep lowering
prices until we undercut
those of ground beef
from cows. "
The company
recently reduced the
price of its Impossible
Burger patties, 5-lb
Impossible Burger
bulk packages and
Impossible Sausage sold
at foodservice by 15%.

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Clemens Food Group, a vertically
integrated pork processor, has announced
plans to invest $228 million to expand its
operations in Hatfield, Pa., including a
new facility to support increased smoked
meats and cooked sausage production. The
project will create 87 new, full-time jobs
over the next three years.
" We are proud to be able to expand
our operations in our home state of
Pennsylvania, " said Brad Clemens,
president of Clemens Food Group. " We
wouldn't have been able to do so without
the support of the DCED, our vendor
partners and most importantly, our
talented team members. "
While Clemens has committed $228
million to the project, the company
said it has received a funding proposal
from the Department of Community and
Economic Development (DCED) for a
$215,400 workforce development grant
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