Great Lakes Cheese picks Franklinville, NY for New Factory

September 15, 2021 David Robinson, Buffalo News

Great Lakes Cheese will build a more than $500 million cheese factory in Franklinville, ending a two-year search by the company for a replacement for its Cuba facility.

‘It Becomes Too Much’: Why Great Lakes Cheese Pulled Plug on $505M Allegany County Plant

The future of a proposed $505 million cheese manufacturing plant is in doubt after Great Lakes Cheese indicated Tuesday the company is no longer pursuing a megasite in Allegany County’s crossroads development area.

Great Lakes Cheese Breaks Ground On $184.5M Cheese Processing and Distribution Plant in Abilene, TX

Great Lakes Cheese (GLC) and the Development Corporation of Abilene (DCOA) celebrate the official groundbreaking of a 286,500 square foot state-of-the-art cheese packaging and distribution plant that is expected to employ 500 people in Abilene, Texas.

TX Governor Abbott Announces Great Lakes Cheese Expansion Into Abilene

The project will create over 500 new jobs and represents almost $185 million in capital investment. A Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant of $3,000,000 has been extended to Great Lakes Cheese. Great Lakes Cheese is a manufacturer and packager of natural and processed bulk, shredded, and sliced cheeses.

IDA Approves Negative Declaration on Environmental Review of Great Lakes Cheese Proposal

The Allegany County Industrial Development Agency will consider financial incentives for a proposed $505 million Great Lakes Cheese development on Thursday as the project continues to clear hurdles — though the biggest one remains ahead.