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Exclusive: Mission Foods to open massive hub in Grand Prairie
Candace Carlisle
February 17, 2016
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Tortilla-making giant Mission Foods, a subsidiary of Gruma Corp., plans to consolidate its North Texas manufacturing and distribution operations into a massive hub within a $200 million logistics campus in Grand Prairie, which will bring another major distributor to the city limits.
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The company plans to employ more than 500 workers and operate around the clock to keep up with the consumer demand for its tortillas and tortilla chips.
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Based on the long-term leases with Mission Foods and GM, Grand Prairie's economic development manager Terry Jones said she projects the logistics park will bring in $53 million in tax revenue over the term of the contracts.
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Mission Foods is expected to open its Grand Prairie facility for production upon completion of the facility in October.
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