Sara Lee Expanding St. Joseph, MO Meat-Processing Plant

Sara Lee Corp. has plans to build a $3-million expansion that will create 55 new jobs at its St. Joseph, MO meat-processing plant.

Information filed with the city of St. Joseph shows that a building permit filed with the city said Miron Construction Co. of Neenah, Wis., will be the contractor for the 29,000-square-foot addition. Plans on file at City Hall also say the work will create the 55 jobs over three shifts. The company’s Missouri facility produces processed meats and employs about 650 workers, ranking it as St. Joseph’s ninth-largest employer

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