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Company will purchase approximately 16 million more pounds of milk from Virginia dairy cooperatives following completion.
October 16, 2024
Shamrock Farms, a leading dairy product manufacturer, will invest $59 million to expand its manufacturing operation in Augusta County, Virginia Gov, Glenn Youngkin announced this week. The project announcement, which coincides with Shamrock Farms’ 10th anniversary of operations in Virginia, will create 28 new jobs and add 81,000 square feet to the company's existing 250,000-square-foot facility.
The expansion project will increase the facility's manufacturing capacity by reconfiguring space to accommodate a new production line and adding incremental cold storage. As a result of this project, over the next four years, the company will purchase an additional $32.8 million, or 16.56 million pounds, of milk from Virginia dairy cooperatives.
"We're committed to growth at Shamrock Farms, and this expansion is the latest milestone in our long history of strategic national brand growth," said Devon McClelland, president of Shamrock Farms and fourth generation of McClelland family leadership. "By continuing to evolve our product lines, facilities and technology, we're laying the groundwork for future success and our ability to serve quality products Shamrock customers know and love."
The project, which is expected to be completed by 2028, marks Shamrock's second major expansion in Augusta County, following a $40 million investment in 2017 that created more than 70 jobs.
Gov. Youngkin said Shamrock Farms' decade of growth and investment in the state “is a powerful endorsement of Virginia's business climate.”
He added, “By enhancing their production capabilities here, Shamrock is helping to ensure that high-quality, locally produced dairy products continue to reach markets across the East Coast.
Virginia Agriculture Secretary Forestry Matthew Lohr said the purchase of an additional 16 million pounds of milk from Virginia dairy cooperatives through the expansion will be “a great benefit” to Virginia dairy farmers.
Shamrock Farms, a fourth-generation, family-owned business established in 1922 in Phoenix, Arizona, has grown into one of the largest family-owned dairy businesses in the nation. The company employs approximately 6,000 people nationwide with two milk manufacturing plants. The Augusta County facility opened in 2014 and focuses on producing extended shelf-life dairy products and serves markets across the East Coast.
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services worked with Augusta County to secure the project for Virginia. Gov. Youngkin approved a performance-based grant of $600,000 from the Virginia Investment Performance grant, an incentive that encourages continued capital investment by existing Virginia companies, as well as a $300,000 grant from the Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund to assist Augusta County with the project. Funding and services to support the company’s employee training activities will be provided through the Virginia Jobs Investment Program.
Shamrock Farms branded products are available across all 50 states and sold in 135,000 retail grocery and quick-serve restaurants, including Kroger, Ahold, Publix, Dollar General, Circle K and 7-Eleven.
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