Frito-Lay gets state money for expansion, Green Tier status (12:52 p.m. 9/9/09)
by Rick Benedict
Published: September 9th, 2009
Paul Snyder
Gov. Jim Doyle on Wednesday announced that Wisconsin will provide $2 million to Frito-Lay’s Beloit production facility to support a $28.5 million expansion and modernization project.
Doyle also announced that Frito-Lay has been inducted into the state’s Green Tier Program, which was created in 2004 to encourage a collaborative approach to environmental performance between the state Department of Natural Resources and Wisconsin businesses and associations.
In the past five years, Frito-Lay decreased its natural gas emissions by 27 percent, electricity use by 20 percent and water consumption by 50 percent.
The $2 million award is from the Community Development Block Grant program, which provides communities with resources for development needs.