date:Jun 05, 2014
Ruiz Food Products, a manufacturer of frozen Mexican food and snack products, is set to open new manufacturing facility in Florence County, South Carolina, with an investment of $55m.
The proposed facility, which marks the company's first on the East Coast, is expected to create more than 500 new jobs over the next several years.
Renovation on the plant, which previously housed Heinz operations, will begin immediately, with initial manufacturing operations expected to begin in 2015.
Ruiz will