PepsiCo, Theo Muller Group open a sustainable yogurt plant in New York state
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi are on hand for the grand opening of a plant that manufactures Muller yogurt.
Muller Quaker Dairy, a joint venture between PepsiCo Inc. and Theo Muller Group opened a state-of-the-art yogurt manufacturing facility in Batavia, N.Y., on June 3. The new facility, which will employ approximately 180 people, will serve as a national production and distribution center for Muller yogurt, which launched in select regional markets in 2012. The yogurt had been made in Europe.
Theo Muller Group is a German multinational dairy company, headquartered in Luxembourg. The Quaker Oats Co., headquartered in Chicago, is a unit of PepsiCo.