A $1.1 billion J.M. Smucker Plant opened today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in McCalla.
Gov. Kay Ivey was among the dignitaries attending the opening of the 900,000-square-foot facility, which Alabama calls the largest single-line bakery in North America. The plant will produce Smucker’s Uncrustables snacks.
Joining Ivey at the ribbon-cutting were J.M. Smucker CEO Mark Smucker, Jefferson County Commissioner Jimmie Stephens and Othell Phillips, executive director of the Jefferson County Economic & Industrial Development Authority.
J.M. Smucker Co. announced the plant, built on 225 acres, in November 2021 and kicked off construction in late 2022.
The plant in McCalla, a Birmingham suburb, is the third in the country devoted exclusively to Smucker’s Uncrustables line. It marks the largest capital investment by a company in Jefferson County.
