JBS Foods Canada boosts beef production [Video]

An incentive program from the Alberta government is making it possible for a major beef processing plant in Brooks to increase its production capacity.

Under the Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit, which was introduced in spring 2023, JBS Foods Canada says it will invest $90 million to build a new beef patty processing line and fulfillment centre in at its facility.

The expansion means the company will be able to supply Western Canadian restaurants with an additional seven million kilograms of beef patties every year.

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“We are so pleased to be making this more than $90 million investment at our Brooks beef processing facility,” said JBS Foods Canada president Celio Fritche in a news release.

“It significantly enhances our value-added processing and fulfilment capabilities and was …