Frito-Lay Expansion To Create 40 New Jobs: Report

A $60 million expansion of the Frito-Lay plant in Aberdeen, due to begin next year, will create 40 new jobs, according to a media report.

The Aberdeen City Council approved plans Monday night for the 42,700-square-foot expansion, which would add warehouse space and two more manufacturing lines to produce Cheetos, the Baltimore Sun reported.

A plant executive told the council that Frito-Lay would also add 40 full-time positions at the plant, which runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It employs 370 full-time workers and 40 part-time workers.

The Frito-Lay building currently has more than 500,000 square feet of space. The construction of the new addition is scheduled to begin this spring and be completed late next year or in early 2017, the Sun reported.

Frito-Lay is based in Plano, Texas, and opened its Aberdeen plant in 1994.