Wonton Food Inc. plans to renovate its warehouse at 1045 Firestone Parkway in La Vergne for food processing and manufacturing operations if it chooses to pursue expansion there.The largest fortune cookie maker is considering adding new manufacturing operations in La Vergne, which would employ up to 70 people in the first phase and eventually produce 1 million to 2 million cookies daily.
The Nashville Tennessean said Wonton Food Inc. is also considering Houston or New York for the expansion, but Nashville is the front-runner, pending Metro’s Industrial Development Board approving issuance of up to $10 million in tax-exempt bonds to help finance the $20 million project.
“Our preference is to be able to invest in Nashville,” said Wei Chan, project coordinator for the expansion and an assistant to the board of Wonton, which is also seeking an unspecified amount of tax abatements. “If they approve both, then the operation is a go. If they don’t, we have to go back and re-analyze the situation.”