Continental Mills to expand production capacity with acquisition of new facility in Illinois

Continental Mills, a US-based manufacturer of baking, breakfast and snack brands, has acquired a 175,000ft2 facility in Effingham, Illinois, from Hodgson Mill for an undisclosed amount.

This new facility, which is located adjacent to its existing manufacturing facility in Effingham, will enable Continental Mills to gain the capacity it needs to support continued growth.

Continental Mills president and CEO Andy Heily said: “This is an exciting time for Continental Mills and our employees as we expand our operation with a second facility in Effingham that provides a blank canvas for us to customize and meet customer needs in the years to come.”

The facility following renovation will become operational sometime in 2021.

Besides boosting the capacity, the new facility will also provide close proximity to Continental Mills’ customers in the Eastern, Midwest and Southeast regions.

Continental Mills senior vice president for operations Mike Meredith said: “We already have a great partnership with the Effingham community and, as a family-owned business, those relationships are very important to us.

“We have a tremendous amount of confidence in our team in Effingham, as well as employees across Continental Mills who will prepare this plant to open next year.”

Set up in 1932, Continental Mills’s flagship baking brand is called Krusteaz. It also sells other lines of speed-scratch mixes. The firm offers its baking mixes to national restaurants and other accounts. Several of those accounts are catered by Continental Mills’ existing facility in Effingham.