Interstate 70 location powers $800M beef plant investment

Interstate 70 location powers $800M beef plant investment

State-of-the-art facility boosts St. Louis region’s manufacturing sector American Foods Group opened a new 800,000-square-foot beef processing facility in April in Wright City, Mo., adjacent to Interstate 70 (I-70). The location not only connects the new facility to the St. Louis region but also to the global freight network. The $800 million facility – known as America’s Heartland Packing LLC — was the focus of a FreightWeekSTL panel discussion…