March 10,2022-
Salute! Italian meat company Bosseto Foods has filed plans for a new 477,000 sf food processing and distribution facility for their iconic line of dried meats.The project, on 18.90 acres, is located at 2325 South West Avenue and 995 West Church Avenue on the southeast corner of South West Avenue and West Church Avenue in Fresno.
The development would require a General Plan Amendment and rezone to allow industrial uses. The mostly vacant property is now zoned for residential.
Approvals would allow Busseto Foods, Inc. to consolidate all Fresno based facilities and operations under one roof. A majority of operations including the processing, warehousing, and distribution activities are located on the ground floor with administrative activities located on the second floor.
Approximately 160 employees are projected to work at the facility, including 20-50 temporary/part-time seasonal employees that are projected to work from September to December.
The products produced at the plant will include four types of dried meat – salami, pancetta, coppa, and prosciutto. The facility will include a large kitchen, refrigeration and freezing cold boxes; rooms for seasoning, storage, washing, cleaning, and unpacking and packing, as well as loading and unloading docks. Nearly one half of the building will be a giant drying room for the prosciutto.
Production of these items involves a non-odor emitting process consisting of fermentation and drying in atmosphere-controlled rooms. No slaughtering or butchering of meat takes place in the facility. Nearly all meat arrives frozen from other locations. It is anticipated that the facility will produce 500,000 to 600,000 pounds of dried meat per week. No retail store is planned.
Lorenzo Pagani began mastering the art of salumi when he was just 14 years old in Como, Italy in 1955. He moved to America in 1991 to learn English, and has been head salumiere at Busseto Foods ever since. The are currently at 1351 N Crystal Ave and 2 other locations.Company sales have been estimated to be around $60 million.
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