An international snack foods company has tapped eastern North Carolina for a 60-job production plant. South African firm Stormberg Foods, which produces meat protein snacks, plans to invest nearly $2.5 million into what will be its first U.S. production facility. Dubbed “Project Jerky” by economic developers, Stormberg Foods selected North Carolina over Virginia and South…
Stormberg Foods, a South Africa-based producer of meat protein snacks, will locate its first U.S. production facility in Goldsboro, North Carolina, creating 60 jobs in Wayne County over three years and investing $2.48 million in the plant. Gary Moorcroft, chief executive officer of Stormberg Foods, said “several compelling factors” persuaded the company to choose North…
South Africa-based Stormberg Foods, a producer of meat protein snacks, will invest $2.48 million to locate its first United States production facility in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The company plans to create 60 jobs over three years in Wayne County. The company’s mainstay product is a meat-based snack similar to beef jerky, known as biltong. The…