The Bel Group says it will spend $87 million to build a factory to produce Mini Babybel cheese snacks in Quebec at its first Canadian plant.
The cheese snacks, which are encased in red wax, are currently imported.
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The project will create 170 jobs between the plant in Sorel-Tracy and Bel Canada’s Montreal head office.
The new plant is expected to begin commercial production in early 2020 and use Canadian milk.
It will be built on a site adjacent to Laiterie Chalifoux.
The Bel Group has 12,700 employees in some 30 subsidiaries around the world.
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