Dried Meats Processing and Distribution Facility

under planning

Busseto Foods Inc. is planning to construct a new dried meats processing and distribution facility on an 18.9-acre site in Fresno. The project scope includes construction of a 477,000-sq-ft, two-story building; and purchase, relocation and installation of freezers, automated conveyors, ingredient storage and dispensing, refrigeration, and fermentation, drying, slicing and packaging equipment, and dock equipment for 24 loading docks. The facility will have the capacity to produce 500,000 to 600,000 lb per week of salami, pancetta, coppa and prosciutto. Associated Design & Engineering Inc. has been selected to provide architectural design services for the project. Contractor selection and equipment procurement are expected to begin in the late second or early third quarter of 2022.