Blue Diamond expanding Turlock plant

Will help meet growing demand for almond products

Jan 29, 2019

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Blue Diamond Growers, a nonprofit grower-owned cooperative and global leading processor and marketer of almonds, is set to begin the expansion of its 200,000-sq-ft processing facility in Turlock, CA with a 52,000-sq-ft building, as well as new automated processing and packaging equipment. The new building is scheduled to be completed in spring 2020.

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