The owner of the F. Christiana and Co. food distribution center in Marrero plans to triple its facility size and add 45 jobs to its 140-person payroll, officials said Thursday (May 24). US Foods, headquartered in Rosemont, Ill., expects to start the expansion late this year.
To seal the deal, Louisiana is giving US Foods a $1.5 million performance-based grant and loaning it $561,000, a debt that may be forgiven if the company lives up to its end of the agreement, the governor's office said. Tax breaks also are possible if, as expected, the company applies for Enterprise Zone status.
US Foods employs almost 25,000 people at more than 60 sites to supply 250,000 restaurants and other food service operators. It considered several markets for this expansion before settling on Marrero, officials said. South Region President Keith Knight thanked the state's economic development department, the Jefferson Economic Development Commission and Jefferson Parish government for making the expansion possible.
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