{"id":63138,"date":"2026-07-28T23:49:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T23:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/63138\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T23:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T23:49:23","slug":"70m-investment-brings-german-cookie-production-to-mississippi70m-investment-brings-german-cookie-production-to-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/63138\/","title":{"rendered":"$70M Investment Brings German Cookie Production To Mississippi$70M Investment Brings German Cookie Production To Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cookie and snack maker Griesson \u2013 de Beukelaer is locating a new operation in Madison County, Mississippi. The family-owned company based in Germany is planning a corporate investment of more than $70 million and will create 30 new jobs.
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The project marks Griesson \u2013 de Beukelaer\u2019s first investment in Mississippi and primarily includes the construction of a new state-facility slated for between 130,000 to 150,000 square feet in Madison, where the company will manufacture cookies and other snack products. The company also is acquiring an existing facility in Gluckstadt, where a portion of the investment will be used for renovations and innovation.<\/p>\n

\"MadisonPhoto: Griesson \u2013 de Beuekelaer<\/p>\n

Said Andreas Land,\u00a0Owner and Board Member,\u00a0Griesson \u2013 De Beukelaer GmbH & Co.KG,\u201cWe are very grateful for the strong support and trust we have received in Madison from the very beginning: Governor Tate Reeves and all our contacts in the State of Mississippi, Bill Cork of the Mississippi Development Authority, Joseph Deason of Madison County and our local partners. The acquisition and further development of the facility in Gluckstadt are a key component of our expansion in the U.S. and part of our strategic growth plan. As a family-owned company with a long tradition, Griesson \u2013 de Beukelaer, is guided by values such as corporate responsibility and a spirit of innovation. Together, we will systematically develop the site and invest in the highest quality, modern production, and new product ideas \u2013 with a clear commitment to long-term growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mississippi Development Authority is providing assistance for the project through the Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive, or MFLEX, program. Madison County and the Madison County Economic Development Authority<\/a> are also assisting with the project.
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\u201cInternational companies have more choices than ever when deciding where to invest, and this latest win shows Mississippi continues to stand out,\u201d said Mississippi Development Authority<\/a> Executive Director Bill Cork. \u201cForeign direct investment remains a major driver of our economy because companies like Griesson \u2013 de Beukelaer recognize our approach creates lasting benefits for the company, community and Mississippi workers. We\u2019re pleased to add Griesson \u2013 de Beukelaer to the growing list of international companies that call Mississippi home.\u201d
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Headquartered in Polch, Germany, the company is one of country\u2019s leading manufacturers of cookies and snack products. A family-owned company with more than 100 years of tradition, Griesson \u2013 de Beukelaer exports its products to over 40 countries and employs more than 2,000 people worldwide.<\/p>\n

Check out all the latest news\u00a0related to Mississippi economic development, corporate relocation, corporate expansion and site selection.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cookie and snack maker Griesson \u2013 de Beukelaer is locating a new operation in Madison County, Mississippi. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48379,48380,48381,47847,1608,48382,5,47846,48378,48383,2695,48384,48385,48386,45457],"class_list":["post-63138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-business-incentives","tag-capital-investment","tag-cookie-and-snack-makers","tag-economic-development","tag-employment","tag-fdi-from-germany","tag-germany","tag-griesson-de-beukelaer","tag-madison-county","tag-madison-county-eda","tag-manufacturing","tag-mflex-program","tag-mississippi-development-authority","tag-single-location","tag-site-selection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}