Dinuba's Ruiz Food buys manufacturing plant in South Carolina

The Associated Press June 3, 2014 Updated 18 hours ago

Ruiz Foods of Dinuba announced Tuesday it will operate a plant in South Carolina. This sign is outside a Ruiz Foods plant in Denison, Texas.
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FLORENCE, S.C. — Ruiz Food Products, Inc., of Dinuba, announced Tuesday it will invest $55 million in a manufacturing plant in Florence County, S.C., creating 500 jobs.

Ruiz Food Products, the company that makes El Monterey brand frozen Mexican foods, said it plans to renovate an old Heinz plant.

Renovation work will begin immediately and the plant will be operating next year. The company will also make its Tornados snack products at the new plant.

The Florence facility will be the company's newest manufacturing plant and its first on the East Coast. The company currently has manufacturing operations in Dinuba and Texas that employ 2,400 workers.

Gov. Nikki Haley and company officials will participate in a formal announcement on June 17.

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