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Smithfield to expand Patrick Cudahy plant

Patrick Cudahy

Smithfield Foods is planning a $12 million expansion of its Patrick Cudahy plant in Milwaukee.  Ground will be broken Thursday for the 17,000 square-foot expansion which will house four bacon-slicing lines.  This will increase Smithfield’s bacon capacity by about 10 million pounds.  The expansion should be fully-operational by December.

Patrick Cudahy meatpacking dates back to the 19th century in Milwaukee.  The expansion will be in an area where a large portion of the plant was destroyed by fire in 2009.  Two brothers, celebrating the 4th of July in the neighborhood, launched a military flare which landed on the roof of the plant.  The fire caused $208 million in damages.

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