The Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) announced that it's officially producing Tillamook Ice Cream at its new manufacturing facility in Decatur, Ill. This is TCCA's first owned-and-operated manufacturing site outside of Oregon.
"This is an exciting step forward for our co-op, and we are energized by the new opportunities that the Decatur manufacturing plant opens for TCCA," says David Booth, President and CEO of TCCA. "Decatur offers strategic access to our growing customer and consumer base, and we hope this new production facility will help enable Tillamook to become the ice cream of choice for consumers in the Eastern United States."
The new Decatur facility represents a significant investment in TCCA's growth strategy and expansion plans to the eastern portion of the U.S.
"Our Decatur plant is expected to deliver 15.5 million gallons of ice cream as production scales," says Mike Bever, executive vice president and chief supply chain officer of TCCA. "The Decatur plant is well equipped to serve our valued customers with increased production capacity, while driving supply chain efficiency from the plant to a growing footprint of national and regional retail outlets."
At full capacity, the facility is expected to produce 15.5 million gallons of ice cream annually.Image courtesy of TCCA
Upon opening, the new Tillamook production facility has created 50 new jobs in the Decatur area, with plans to expand the workforce as production scales. The plant is also part of a broader City of Decatur neighborhood revitalization effort— transforming a formerly vacant manufacturing facility into an economic driver.
"We are proud to welcome Tillamook to Decatur and to serve as a key location in the company's growing national presence," says Julie Moore Wolfe, Mayor of Decatur. "The jobs being created and the co-op's early community support reflect the strong alignment between TCCA and our city's values. We look forward to continuing to work together as TCCA becomes an integral part of our thriving business community."
