Hillshire Brands: Hillshire expansion means jobs in Edgecombe County

Hillshire Brands Company is expanding its bakery operations in Edgecombe County and intends to create 98 jobs over the next three years. Hillshire, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN), will invest about $28.4 million into its Tarboro facility, where it employs about 690 The state is giving the company $300,000 for the expansion through the One North Carolina Fund, which requires a matching grant from the local government. The grants are contingent upon Hillshire fulfilling its jobs promise. "We're...