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Food Processing

Major Food Processing Employers in the Shenandoah Valley

Hershey Foods of Virginia, Stuarts Draft
McKee Foods Corporation, Stuarts Draft
WhiteWave Foods, Inc., Mt. Crawford
MillerCoors Shenandoah Brewery, Elkton
Pilgrims Pride Corporation, Timberville
Cargill Turkey Products, Timberville
Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative, Hinton
Georges, Edinburg
Perdue, Bridgewater
Tyson Foods, Harrisonburg
Matts Supreme Cones, Waynesboro
Ariake USA, Harrisonburg
Kitchen Cook’d Potato Chip Company
Route 11 Potato Chips, Mt. Jackson
Valley Milk Products, Strasburg
Bowman Apple Products, Mt. Jackson
New Market Poultry, New Market

Packaging companies supporting the food processing sector include:

Alcoa Flexible Packaging, Grottoes
Rexnord Industries, Stuarts Draft
Caraustar Industrial, Weyers Cave
Packaging Services, Inc., Weyers Cave
Graham Packaging, Harrisonburg
Montebello Packaging, Harrisonburg
MeadWestvaco Corp, Lofton
Bontex, Buena Vista
Carded Graphics, Staunton

Food Processing Equipment Manufacturers and Services:

F.R. Drake & Company, Waynesboro
Miller Metal Fabricators, Staunton
Southern Stainless Equipment, Waynesboro

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