French accents, Italian cheese and Idaho jobs dominated the conversation Monday as Lactalis announced plans that will make the Canyon County plant the largest of its nearly 200 sites worldwide.
The 61,300-square-foot plant will produce fresh mozzarella. Lactalis will build it this year behind the existing plant on its property at Franklin and Star roads just east of the Nampa city limits.
It will be operating by spring 2013.
“This is a great day for Lactalis, particularly for the Nampa team,” said Jean Paul Quiblier, vice president of manufacturing and purchasing for Lactalis American Group, a division of the French conglomerate Groupe Lactalis.
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