Western Foods to open new gluten-free rice & ancient grain flour mill in Arkansas
Western Foods, LLC, is increasing its gluten-free rice flour and ancient grain milling business by expanding into a new 56,000 square ft. facility located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The new state-of-the-art, dedicated gluten-free, Japanese style mill will be fully operational in the spring of 2018. The flour mill will be located on a 9 acre lot within Jefferson County Industrial Park in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas area. The plant has ample room for future growth.
WF’s new Delta Region facility, in the central U.S., has an excellent multi-modal transportation system, including two rail lines (Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific), 13 common freight carriers with 5 terminals, and the Port of Pine Bluff, a slack water harbor located on the Arkansas River. Pine Bluff is 38 miles from Little Rock, AR and 137 miles from Memphis, TN.