E.A. Sween Company, a ready-to-eat sandwich supplier based in Minnesota, will invest $38 million to establish operations in Greenwood County, the company announced May 18.
The investment is expected to create 300 jobs at 5730 Highway 25 N. in Hodges. The facility is expected to be online in the third quarter of 2023. The company anticipates it will produce an additional 75 million sandwiches a year.
“The entire E.A. Sween Company team is thrilled to announce our new Greenwood County location,” said E.A. Sween Company president and CEO Tom H. Sween. “From the moment we first visited the community, we knew it was a perfect fit. South Carolina is a place where people, partnerships, relationships and opportunity matter to everyone we came across. This is an incredibly important moment in our history as we expand our business and bring quality products closer to our customers in the Southeast and beyond.”
For more information on open positions, visit easween.com/careers.