In March 2024 Dot Foods, Inc., the largest food industry redistributor in North America, announced its plans to make a $22 million investment at its Burley distribution center, which originally opened in 2008 and employs more than 375 people.
The expansion includes the construction of an additional 66,800 square-feet of warehouse space to support the company’s growth. The expansion will provide additional dry, frozen and refrigerated warehouse storage space and the creation of 80 new jobs over five years. Construction is expected to conclude in 2025 and will assist the company in moving an additional 80 million pounds of product through the Burley facility each year.
According to Dan Caldwell, General Manager of the Dot Foods Idaho facility, the community and Burley’s exceptional talent pool were among the top reasons the company decided to expand in Idaho.
“Doing business in Idaho has had a major impact on our success as a company,” Caldwell said. “Our Burley location perfectly complements our other West Coast distribution centers. We have found and recruited great leaders from Idaho. We knew we liked what we saw in the area when we did our initial planning for this location, and it is been incredible to experience how talented and hardworking the people are in south central Idaho.”
Dot Foods was approved for a TRI award by EAC in January 2024.
The Idaho Tax Reimbursement Incentive (TRI) is a post-performance tool that enables qualifying companies to receive a refundable tax credit of up to 30% of a company’s state income, payroll and sales taxes for up to 15 years.
The incentive is available to any company, in any industry. Most importantly, it is available to both existing Idaho businesses looking to expand and businesses new to Idaho.
Learn more about the TRI program here.