PUEBLA, MEXICO — Mission Foods Mexico, a subsidiary of Gruma SAB de CV, will invest 792 million pesos ($46.5 million) over the next five years to build a new snacks factory in Puebla and replace its existing Huejotzingo tortillas. , toast and fried foods. plant. Mission Foods said the investment reflects growing demand for its products in the central, Bajío and southern regions of Mexico.
Mission Foods said the investment will equip the company to produce 70,200 tons of product per year and create 440 direct jobs in Puebla, 55% of which will be women.
“Mission's expansion into Puebla began successfully in 2016 and since then we have created more than 500 jobs, 60% of which are for women,” said Nader Badi Gonzalez, director of Mission Foods Mexico. he said. “With these new construction projects and facility expansions, Mission Mexico reaffirms and strengthens its productive engagement with the state of Puebla.”
This announcement marks the company's second major expansion project announced in 2024.Mission Foods announced plans to invest $87.5 millionThe company plans to build a production plant in Junukuma, Yucatan, Mexico over the next six to eight years. The Funukuma plant will make tortillas, toast and packaged snacks and has the capacity to produce 56,000 tons of product annually, which will be exported to the southeastern United States and Caribbean countries such as the Dominican Republic, the company said.
