Hood plans to make extended-shelf-life beverages there, and will build a refrigerated warehouse.
This article was updated July 18 with information about auctioning the yogurt-making equipment.
PepsiCo had grand plans to conquer the U.S. yogurt market in 2013. It partnered with the German dairy Muller to manufacture Muller-Quaker yogurt in upstate New York. That joint venture quickly folded and Dairy Farmers of America purchased the facility in 2015. Today, HP Hood bought the 363,000-square-foot facility and promised to invest more than $200 million and create 230 jobs over the next five year.