May 25, 2021
By News Director Jared Atha
Red Collar Pet Foods in Clinton has announced that it is embarking on a $5.7 million expansion at their manufacturing plant located one mile south of I-40 on US Highway 183.
The move could potentially add more jobs.
The new 85,000-square-foot warehouse will be built on the south side of the existing building to help meet the high demand for products, and is on the heels of the company’s expansion of its packaging capabilities.
Construction is set to begin at end of the year.
The current workforce at the Clinton facility is 111. A fourth shift added at the end of 2020 resulted in 20 new hires. Nationwide, Red Collar has almost 800 employees at its six manufacturing facilities across the United States and its corporate offices in Franklin, Tennessee.
Greg Wolking, Red Collar’s chief operating officer stated in a press release that “when completed, the warehouse expansion enables capacity for future growth and additional hiring.”
Red Collar Pet Foods was created December 2018 as a result of Arbor Investments’ acquisition of Mars Petcare’s Exclusive Brands business. In February 2019, the newly rebranded company acquired Joplin, Missouri-based Hampshire Pet Products, a leading manufacturer of baked and cold-formed pet treats. The acquisition makes Red Collar the largest private label and contract manufacturers of dog and cat pet treats in North America. All told, the company employs nearly 800 at its headquarters and across its six manufacturing sites that include their site in Clinton.
