When Delray Beach, Fla.-based Franklin Foods was looking to expand, the company never imagined building its second plant in Casa Grande, Ariz. Admittedly it’s not the first place that comes to mind when you think of a dairy state. But that’s exactly what Franklin Foods found: big business dairy farms, a transportation hub and a booming manufacturing community.
Franklin Foods CEO and President Jon Gutknecht said the company couldn’t be more pleased with its newest location and the partnership it has formed with United Dairymen of Arizona, the local dairy cooperative that supplies the milk.