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Wright City Meat Plant

Wright City Meat Plant

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PostSep 14, 2022#1

Work has begun on a new $800 million meat processing plant in Wright City. Over 1000 new jobs. This is in Warren County, just an hour outside of STL.

KSDK.com: Wisconsin beef producer begins work on $800M St. Louis-area facility.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... c8effd2a01

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PostSep 14, 2022#2

Pretty massive win for the exurbs. I think it's great. 

I want to see the whole region eat. 

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PostSep 14, 2022#3

Pretty amazing - great for the whole region! 

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PostSep 14, 2022#4

Might have to go make a cold call ;)

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PostSep 15, 2022#5

I say 'meh'! Battery plant would suit me, if the state is subsidizing.

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PostSep 15, 2022#6

sc4mayor wrote:
Sep 14, 2022
Might have to go make a cold call ;)
Go make a cold call for a cold cut?

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PostSep 15, 2022#7

jambo wrote:
Sep 15, 2022
I say 'meh'! Battery plant would suit me, if the state is subsidizing.
I know red meat isn't the healthiest thing for you but i gotta think eating batteries is worse.  Unless you are a robot...

🤔  Wait are you a robot?!

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PostSep 15, 2022#8

Welp, guess that's RIP to the existing Wright City Meats company.

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PostSep 15, 2022#9

To  STLEnginerd:

Beep. Beep. Beep. EVs are the future. Beep 😎

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PostSep 15, 2022#10

I don't think is an either/or situation. 

I'll take the 1,000 new jobs for the region. I'll take another 1,000 in each of this industry, that industry, and those industries, too. 

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PostSep 15, 2022#11

Curious if this plant is driven in part to onshoring due to logistics, supply chain issue?.   I don't think meat consumption has been going up so assume plant of this size is driven by either a better way, more automated approach to the processing (less people in a very labor intensive process) and or onshoring as a lot of food processing involves products going oversees, processed, & sent back because it is still very labor intensive.   Maybe both but none the less a big win.

Get off thread but I do think the region's shot at a piece of the EV will depend on GM.   I believe a lot of the automakers and battery makes have already lined up their huge state subsidies and locations.   

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PostSep 15, 2022#12

If St. Louis does land EV jobs, I fully expect that they would be in that St. Charles-Lincoln-Warren County area.