The facility represents an investment from the company of more than $140m. It will manufacture sliced deli meats for Sara Lee under the Hillshire Farm and Sara Lee Deli brands.
“This investment underlines our commitment to our core protein category and provides us with the ability to deliver to our customers and consumers the safest, highest quality, most cost-effective product possible,” said CJ Fraleigh, CEO, Sara Lee North America.
The Kansas City sliced meats facility utilises robotic systems and allows ‘no touch’ processing from the initial raw meat phase through to the finished product.
Due to engineering processes, the facility processing time is reduced by 50% compared to conventional manufacturing, and requires half of the employees normally required to operate such a facility.
Source: Sara Lee Corporation
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