Chobani said it will build a $1.2 billion dairy processing plant in Rome, N.Y.

The company said Tuesday it expects the 1.4 million square-foot facility to create over 1,000 full-time jobs. The plant will house up to 28 production lines designed to process about 12 million pounds of milk per day.

The yogurt powerhouse was founded by Hamdi Ulukaya in 2005. It considered an initial public offering but withdrew its filing in 2022. Chobani said in December 2023 that it bought coffee company La Colombe for $900 million.

The New York governor said the new facility will create 1,000 good-paying jobs. Greek yogurt maker Chobani is set to open a $1.2 billion state-of-the-art processing facility in New York, marking the largest natural food manufacturing investment in the country, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday. “Through this partnership with Chobani, we’re revitalizing Upstate New York’s manufacturing sector one spoonful at a time,” Hochul said in a statement . “Chobani has been a major employer in the Mohawk Valley for decades, and this massive new $1.2 billion investment...

The Chobani factory would be one of the largest natural foods manufacturing projects in U.S. history, processing more than 12 million pounds of milk per day. When completed, the Rome yogurt factory will employ 1,000 people, nearly double the company's current New York employment numbers. Chobani operates two factories in Chenango County, including its original facility in South Edmeston and a second one in New Berlin. "When I took office I pledged to make New York the most worker-friendly and business-friendly state in the nation, and projects like this one...