From ice cream to chocolate, milk to microbrews, sustainable packaging, and more, the food and beverage industry is booming in Allen County. Indiana is a top-five state for corn, soybean, and egg production. Fortune 500 companies, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Walmart continue to choose Fort Wayne, and homegrown favorites like Utopian Coffee and Modbar thrive here, too.
This cluster is inclusive of food and beverage producers, packaging, machinery manufacturing, and ag-innovation.
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"Once our executive team made their way to the U.S. and started to see what Fort Wayne had to offer, there was a lot of positive energy around the factory, the people who work here, and the manufacturing environment in Fort Wayne. Ultimately, the decision was made to invest very heavily in our facility."
Justin Larkin— Engineering Manager, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream
FOR INSIGHTS AND INFO, CONTACT:
200 E. MAIN STREET, SUITE 800
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA 46802
(260) 203-5735
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