Lotus Bakeries: plans Biscoff factory in the U.S.

Lembeke / BE. (lbbv) In February 2016, Belgium’s Lotus Bakeries Group announced that the sales of Lotus Biscoff, a uniquely flavoured caramelized cookie, were growing quickly in the United States. To support this growth, Lotus Bakeries decided to build another production hall in Belgium and moreover invest in an entirely new Lotus Biscoff manufacturing facility in the United States. In this facility Lotus Bakeries will bake, for the first time in the U.S., the unique Lotus Biscoff cookie, which has only been baked in Lembeke, Belgium for the past 84 years. This week, Lotus Bakeries announced that it is considering Mebane, North Carolina, as the location for the U.S. Lotus Biscoff manufacturing facility. The conversations with the local authorities on this investment project are in a well advanced stage. The construction of the facility would start in the first half of 2017, and become operational in 2019. «Having a Lotus Biscoff plant in the United States is a milestone for our company. For the first time since our foundation in 1932, Lotus Biscoff will be produced outside of Lembeke, Belgium. Lotus Bakeries and all its employees are extremely proud of this expansion in the world’s largest consumer market», says Jan Boone, CEO of Lotus Bakeries.