Lopez Foods Cherokee Iowa
Purchased the approximate 300000 square foot meat processing facility on cherokees south side in early july from former owners iowa food group.
Lopez foods cherokee iowa. Bill anderson with cherokee area economic development says 40 people worked at iowa food group before it closed. Our number one priority was taking care of those employees taking care of that workforce and now with lopez foods moving into that. Careers sitemap privacy policy sitemap privacy policy. The sioux city journal reports that lopez foods paid 58 million for the plant in cherokee iowa and the company plans to restart operations there by early next year.
After more than two months of rumors and a strategic corporate hesitancy to release pertinent information iowa food group has finally completed the transaction to sell the cherokee meat processing plant to lopez foods a highly reputable national company. Cherokee iowa lopez foods took control of the former iowa food group meat plant in cherokee last year landing 186 million in financial assistance to get the plant up and running again. Oklahoma based lopez foods a family owned business bought the plant in cherokee from iowa food group. The new cherokee company paid 93 million for the cherokee facility including 58 million in real property and 35 million in personal property.
By paul struck editor. Oklahoma based lopez foods a family owned business bought the plant in cherokee from iowa food group which closed the facility in april. Lopez foods buys iowa food group plant cherokee meat processing facility to re open. C 2018 lopez foods inc.
He tells kicd news cherokee is excited to have lopez foods taking over the tyson foods facility and more recently home of iowa food group. Cherokee iowa a new owner plans to reopen a meat processing facility in northwest iowa.