Plant-based meat alternatives producer to take over Stanwood plant

STANWOOD — A Canadian company will take over Stanwood’s former Twin City Foods processing plant to produce plant-based meat alternatives, five years after nearly 100 employees were laid off when the former frozen food plant closed.

The new tenants expect to bring about 150 new jobs to the town.

British Columbia-based manufacturer No Meat Company purchased the Stanwood plant for $19.4 million in February and expects to be operational by the end of 2023, said Sarah Cho, Stanwood’s economic development manager. The company was founded in 2019 and currently uses a 30,000-square-foot production facility in Coldwater, B.C., Cho said.

According to TechCrunch, No Meat manufactures meat alternatives for third-party customers, including whole-muscle cuts and processed “meats” like hamburgers and nuggets. The Stanwood plant will be its second processing facility and its first location in the United States.

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