Smucker opens its largest Uncrustable plant in McCalla Alabama
McCalla Ala.
By: Dave Allen
When it was first announced, many were excited and thankful, but now that the new $1.1 billion J.M. Smucker Plant has been officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, many in Jefferson County can see just how big this plant really is.
The 900,000-square-foot facility, which Alabama calls the largest single-line bakery in North America, is big, very big. The plant will produce Smucker’s Uncrustables snacks.
Governor Ivey attended the ribbon-cutting along with J.M. Smucker, CEO Mark Smucker, Jefferson County Commissioner Jimmie Stephens and Othell Phillips, executive director of the Jefferson County Economic & Industrial Development Authority.
J.M. Smucker Co. announced the plant, built on 225 acres, in November 2021 and kicked off construction in late 2022.
The plant in McCalla, a Birmingham suburb, is the third in the country devoted exclusively to Smucker’s Uncrustables line.
It is the largest capital investment by a company in Jefferson County.
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