PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — A Brazilian food manufacturer has plans to build a $200-million dollar facility in Zephyrhills.
The company, Bauducco Foods, which specializes in biscuits, wafers and bread, would bring about 600 jobs to the area.
What You Need To Know
- Brazilian company Bauducco Foods in discussion with Zephyhills officials to building
- Company plans $200-million facility that would create 600 jobs
- Bauducco Foods, which specializes in biscuits, wafers and bread is a 70-year-old company
The company has acquired 72 acres at the Zephyrhills airport industrial park with plans for a 400,000-square-foot light industrial facility.
The city council met Monday to discuss the proposal. According to documents from the city, 120 of the jobs would pay at least $46,000 per year.
Council members signed an incentive agreement with the company. Now, Pasco County commissioners are discussing an incentive deal.
The 70-year-old company, which began as a small pastry shop opened by an Italian immigrant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, also bills itself as the world's largest producer of panettones, a traditional Italian Christmas cake.
According to the company’s website, Bauducco opened its first international factory in 2018 in Miami, where one of its branches had been long since been operating.