Lopez Foods buys idled northwest Iowa meat processing plant

October 22, 2019 Carol Kuster State News 0

A new owner plans to reopen a meat processing facility in northwest Iowa. Oklahoma-based Lopez Foods, a family-owned business, bought the plant in Cherokee from Iowa Food Group, which closed the facility in April. Bill Anderson with Cherokee Area Economic Development says 40 people worked at Iowa Food Group before it closed. “Our number one […]