Starbucks Breaks Ground on New South Carolina Facility
November 28, 2007
Sandy Run Roasting Facility to Roast, Package, and Ship Starbucks Premium Coffee
The South Carolina Department of Commerce, the Central S.C. Alliance and Calhoun County joined Starbucks Coffee Company in a groundbreaking of its new Sandy Run Roasting Facility in Calhoun County, South Carolina on Friday, November 2, 2007.
The Sandy Run Roasting Facility will be located in the Calhoun County Industrial Park, which is approximately 15 miles from Columbia. Operations at the 120,000 square foot plant are planned to begin in late 2008.
The new Calhoun County facility will provide additional roasting and packaging capability to augment production from Starbucks’ four existing roasting plants in Kent, Wash.; York, Penn.; Carson Valley, Nev.; and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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For further information, contact:
David King
Director, Marketing & New Industry
Central SC Alliance
1201 Main Street, Suite 100
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
USA
Direct Tel: 803-733-1151
Fax: 803-733-1125
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.centralsc.org
