Tyson Foods has expanded its workforce projections for its Caseyville Prepared Foods facility, creating approximately 400 new team member positions to meet the growing demand for Hillshire Farm® and Jimmy Dean® grab-n-go snacking and breakfast items. This boost in facility team members is a result of the $180 million expansion currently in development. Seven production lines and 270,000 square feet will be added to the existing Caseyville facility to increase automated warehousing and robotics. The facility expansion officially broke ground in August 2022 and is expected to be complete in late 2024.

The Caseyville facility plans to hire for positions across the maintenance, Food Safety Quality Assurance (FSQA), warehousing, production, and management departments. About 250 of these team members are expected to start work across four new production lines by September 2023, while 150 are expected to begin work across three new production lines by the project's completion. The Caseyville facility currently employs more than 300 team members and paid more than $16 million in wages during its 2021 fiscal year.

The expansion project will bring the total team member count to 750 by September of 2024.