Fulton, NY, US: Pinnacle Foods is consolidating production plast and closing its Birds Eye brand’s Fulton, NY plant by the year end.
Operations at Fulton will move to its Darien, Wis. and Waseca, Minn. facilities. The move locate all vegetable processing closer to the crop growing region, eliminating approximately one million shipping miles every year, the company says.
“The analysis determined this as the most efficient, sustainable way to operate,” says Daryl Pike, senior vice president of operations, Birds Eye Frozen Division, Pinnacle Foods Group.