ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston announced plans to build a new, state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly processing plant near Delhi, La., designed primarily to process high-quality sweet potatoes from the region into fries and related products. The new plant is scheduled to open in November 2010, and will create approximately 275 jobs when it opens for operation. Future expansion could increase the total number of jobs created to more than 500.
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