Lopez Foods Cherokee Iowa

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.

Lopez foods cherokee iowa. Our number one priority was taking care of those employees taking care of that workforce and now with lopez foods moving into that. He says people around the area have likely consumed some of the lopez foods products being they have a long standing relationship with a national fast food chain. C 2018 lopez foods inc. By paul struck editor.

Bill anderson with cherokee area economic development says 40 people worked at iowa food group before it closed. Cherokee iowa a new owner plans to reopen a meat processing facility in northwest iowa. 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. Wednesday july 17 2019.

The new cherokee company paid 93 million for the cherokee facility including 58 million in real property and 35 million in personal property. Lopez foods headquartered in oklahoma city okla. Careers sitemap privacy policy sitemap privacy policy. 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.

Purchased the approximate 300000 square foot meat processing facility on cherokees south side in early july from former owners iowa food group. Oklahoma based lopez foods a family owned business bought the plant in cherokee from iowa food group which closed the facility in april.