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Danone plans to spend $4 million to expand its facility in Fort Worth, Texas, to keep up with demand for protein-packed yogurt.
Projects to look forward to Completed September 1stIt will increase production capacity at the facility that makes Danimals, Activia and YoCrunch. The plant employs approximately 210 people.
“This expansion will increase capacity at our existing site to support continued growth and evolving consumer demand for our portfolio of nutrient-dense products,” a company spokesperson said in an email.
Juergen Esser, Danone’s deputy CEO and chief finance, technology and data officer, told investors in November that Danone was having trouble keeping up with demand. High-protein yogurt “keeps flying” off the shelves. Supply constraints have also hampered the company’s ability to innovate.
Danone’s yogurt Key beneficiaries of the GLP-1 boom As more consumers use the drug for weight loss. Yogurt is not only rich in protein, but it is also portion-controlled and contains other nutrients needed by consumers who eat less due to medications.
Danone said last October: 3rd quarter sales North America increased 1.5% year over year, with volume/product mix increasing 0.3%.
“We are well positioned to leverage our portfolio to meet consumer needs,” Rafael Acevedo, president of yogurt at Danone North America, told Food Dive in January. “We believe yogurt is very well positioned to capture many of those opportunities.”
The multimillion-dollar expansion in Texas is Danone’s latest investment to increase production over the past few months. Danone announced last August: Expand and upgrade to Minster, Ohioyogurt The facility includes more space and a new production line.
