Frito-Lay building a distribution center in Daleville

DALEVILLE, Ind. − A major maker of salty snacks is investing in Daleville.

The town has been picked as the site for a 15,000 square-foot distribution center for Frito-Lay, set to be completed by March, according to Traci Lutton, vice president of Muncie-Delaware County Economic Development Alliance.

The center will employ 10 to 15 people when it is up and running, Lutton said. The site for the Frito-Lay distribution center is the property immediately north of Waffle House on Dale Harker Drive.

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Brad Bookout, director of economic development for Delaware County, said he and Lutton had worked with the contractor hired by Frito-Lay to develop distribution center sites. Daleville was a natural location for a center due to having two state highways, Ind. 67 and Ind. 32, as well as Interstate 69 in the town.

"The county is happy to see more investment in Daleville," he said, noting that the new building will be on the tax rolls providing income for local government.

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There were no incentives offered by the county for the distribution center.

Lutton said she did not have the amount of the investment available last week. The company erecting the new distribution center is Nelson Engineering of Sioux City, Nebraska.

She said that Frito-Lay was having another distribution center built in Rush County. The company has a distribution now nearby the Daleville site just west of Chesterfield at1148 Dilts St., Anderson.

This article originally appeared on Muncie Star Press: Daleville the site of new distribution center for Frito-Lay