COLD SPRING, MINN. – A few years ago, GNP had more orders than it could fill.
Now the new owner of the Upper Midwest’s leading chicken producer plans to invest up to $80 million to increase production capacity.
The Cold Spring plant — home of the Gold’n Plump brand, a staple in Minnesota supermarkets — is undergoing a major expansion, which includes new equipment that kills birds in a more humane way. GNP also has built a new hatchery in Sauk Rapids.
GNP is riding a chicken boom, its sales growing 14 percent over the past three years, hitting $470 million in 2015.
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