Taylor Chip, a family-owned cookie manufacturer, is investing $15.1 million to expand its Lancaster County facility.
The company plans to construct a 25,000-square-foot building at its existing location in West Hempfield Township. Expansion will allow the company to increase its cookie manufacturing capabilities and add ice cream production capabilities.
The new facility will use locally sourced dairy for the new ice cream line, and will create at least 35 full-time jobs.
The state recently invested $3.5 million in the expansion, and the Department of Community & Economic Development submitted a funding proposal for a $2.7 million Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority loan.
“Taylor Chip is extremely honored to be partnering with Pennsylvania in the next big expansion of our product line and manufacturing abilities,” Doug Taylor, Taylor Chip co-founder and CEO, said. “We are grateful for the Shapiro Administration and the work they’ve done to support and grow the spirit of entrepreneurship within Pennsylvania.”
Taylor Chip has applied for a $400,000 grant through the Department of Agriculture’s Resilient Food System Infrastructure grant program. It has two new locations in Philadelphia as well as locations in Harrisburg, Hershey, Intercourse, Lancaster, and York.
In Pennsylvania, agriculture contributes $132.5 billion annually to the economy.