US Baking Firm Announces Expansion Plans

US baking firm Hearthside Food Solutions has announced plans for a $3.8m expansion at its existing plant in Michigan City, Indiana.

The firm, which is expected to add new snack-cake and cookie baking lines, will create nearly 100 jobs over the next three years.

Hearthside decided on the expansion plans after the Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered it up to $750,000 in performance-based tax credits, based on the company’s job creation plans.

Hearthside bakes snack foods for companies including Keebler, Nabisco and Kraft at its facilities in Michigan and Ohio.