At the end of June, Idaho’s Tax Reimbursement Incentive (TRI) program, intended to help encourage more companies to come to and expand in Idaho, will be completing its fourth year, and it remains one of the Idaho Department of Commerce’s ...

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McCain Foods USA will receive Idaho’s maximum state Tax Reimbursement Incentive for a proposed $200 million expansion of its frozen French fries production facility in Burley that will add about 180 new jobs. McCain is only the second company to ...

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Hayward, Calif.-based American Food Equipment Co. food processing equipment manufacturer may ultimately relocate entirely to Caldwell, a company representative said. Meanwhile, the food processing equipment manufacturer is building a second plant on 10 acres at the Sky Ranch Business Center ...

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The Idaho Department of Commerce wants to lower the floor for property tax exemptions for business expansion projects. The current $3 million requirement for capital investment would be dropped to $500,000 under a plan the Commerce introduced in the House ...

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The Idaho Department of Commerce could get a fresh infusion of $3 million in 2015 for the Idaho Opportunity Fund, a special deal-closing fund that lets Commerce Director Jeff Sayer award money for infrastructure projects to companies that expand in ...

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Glanbia Foods, a large American cheese and whey producer, will expand its manufacturing and production plants in Gooding and Twin Falls with an $82 million investment that the company announced after it received a state tax incentive worth $877,000. The ...

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Convenience food maker Amy’s Kitchen is buying a former H.J. Heinz plant in Pocatello and plans to hire 200 full-time workers when it opens in December. Amy’s, which makes organic and non-GMO convenience food, announced Oct. 29 it would purchase ...

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