25 July 2008 - Kraft Foods has started expansion work on its pizza manufacturing plant in Little Chute, Wisconsin. An extra 100,000 square feet will be added to the facility. A new pizza crust bakery line and assembly line will be installed, enabling a significant increase in production capacity.
Construction is expected to be completed by the end of this year, with equipment installation and production start-up of the new lines planned for April 2009. Employment at the plant is anticipated to increase by approximately 300 with the expansion, Kraft Foods said in a statement.
"This is an exciting day that highlights Kraft Pizza Company's strong heritage and continuing commitment in Wisconsin," said Tim Cofer, President, Kraft Pizza Company. "We make almost all of our Kraft Pizza Company brands at our plants in Little Chute and Medford. We also purchase more than 75 percent of the cheese we use in our pizzas from Wisconsin."
Kraft Foods also said yesterday that its DiGiorno pizza was named the Official Pizza of American football team the Green Bay Packers for the next three seasons.