Woodland Foods Announces Headquarters Relocation to Waukegan, Illinois

GURNEE, Ill., July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Woodland Foods ®, the nation's leading wholesaler of dried food products, announced today that it will be relocating its corporate headquarters to a new 150,000-square-foot building at 3751 Sunset Avenue, Waukegan, Illinois, later this month. This new facility is in close proximity to their current four building campus location in Gurnee, IL.

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Craig Speed, President of Woodland Foods commented, "The relocation provides us the ability to be even more responsive to our customers needs. The flexible design allows us to quickly add additional capacities and move at the pace of our customers' opportunities."

The State of Illinois and the City of Waukegan are extremely supportive of the move, as Woodland has been working with local civic leaders to help address the city's strong desire to attract jobs. David Moore, Founder and CEO of Woodland Foods stated, "This renovated building offers a point of pride for all of those involved and brings jobs to Waukegan. We have revitalized a long-vacant site."

The new facility, a former Styrofoam manufacturing facility, will house over 1,100 products, will have manufacturing space to support Production Lines and will have twice as much office space for employees. The production facility is nearly three times the current size. The organization of the plant has been specifically designed to address food safety, quality and flavor migration given the wide breadth of Woodland's dried ingredients and will ensure that their products continue to be the finest available.  

Jerry Kruse, Director of Quality emphasized, "With this new facility, Woodland Foods will extend its competitive advantage in exceeding customers' demands in relation to food safety. This building is built to comply with the BRC standard."

Woodland Foods specializes in natural ingredients and product innovation by utilizing global sourcing, custom blending and custom processing.  Woodland Foods brands are packaged under the following labels: Woodland Foods®, D'allesandro®, D'allesandro Organics®, Epicurean Specialty® and Manitou Trading Co.®. Offerings include: dried, kibbled and powdered mushrooms, chiles, chile paste and powders, sun-dried tomatoes, herbs and spices, distinctive grains and rices, flavored couscous and orzo, polenta, heirloom beans, lentils, dried fruit, nuts and seeds, truffle products and oils, sea salts, saffron and more. 

To find out more, please visit www.woodlandfoods.com

SOURCE Woodland Foods