Rome, N.Y. – Greek yogurt giant Chobani plans to build a $1.2 billion production facility that would bring more than 1,000 jobs to Rome’s Griffiss Business and Technology Park, Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to announce Tuesday.
The project in the former Air Force base 50 miles east of Syracuse represents the nation’s largest investment ever in a natural food production facility and promises to cement New York as the No. 1 yogurt producer in the country, Hochul said in a prepared statement.
“Chobani has been a major employer in the Mohawk Valley for decades, and this massive new $1.2 billion investment will bring more than 1,000 good-paying jobs to Oneida County — the largest natural food manufacturing investment in American history,” Hochul said…