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Food & Beverage

Fort Bend County’s strategic location is ideal for food and beverage distribution and manufacturing companies and why so many companies in this key sector call Fort Bend home. Availability of rail, major highways, and two regional ports provide the necessary access to markets and our available land is a perfect fit for companies looking for distribution sites near Houston. Ability to easily serve both the Greater Houston market and the San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas markets via direct connections to Interstates 10 and 69, as well as easy access to I45, Fort Bend has developed a successful cluster of food and beverage companies.  

Fort Bend County’s strategic location is ideal for food and beverage distribution and manufacturing companies and why so many companies in this key sector call Fort Bend home. Availability of rail, major highways, and two regional ports provide the necessary access to markets and our available land is a perfect fit for companies looking for distribution sites near Houston. Ability to easily serve both the Greater Houston market and the San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas markets via direct connections to Interstates 10 and 69, as well as easy access to I45, Fort Bend has developed a successful cluster of food and beverage companies.  

33
Food Manufacturing Companies In Fort Bend
$300 Mil
Contributed To County GDP
$90 Mil
In Purchases From Suppliers Within The County
Featured Companies

Fort Bend is home to some of the biggest food and beverage companies in the world.  These companies are scattered across the county from Lakeview Business Park in Missouri City on the east side of the county to stand alone facilities in Rosenberg on the west side.  Whatever a company’s needs, we have a place for it.

Gem Food Services

Food Preperation that offers personalized solutions to help large and small companies take their product to market.
Gem Food Services

Food Preperation that offers personalized solutions to help large and small companies take their product to market.

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Aldi

Food distribution center that serves the greater Houston area.
Aldi

Food distribution center that serves the greater Houston area.

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Ben E Keith

A complete distributor of food and beverage division serving the Greater Houston area.
Ben E Keith

A complete distributor of food and beverage division serving the Greater Houston area.

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Niagara

Bottling manufacturing Plant that serves the Greater Houston area.
Niagara

Bottling manufacturing Plant that serves the Greater Houston area.

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Frito Lay

Distribution center making Frito-Lay products that covers the Greater Houston area.
Frito Lay

Distribution center making Frito-Lay products that covers the Greater Houston area.

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Twinstar Bakery

Manufacturing company that primarily operates in the Frozen Bakery Products serving the Greater Houston area.
Twinstar Bakery

Manufacturing company that primarily operates in the Frozen Bakery Products serving the Greater Houston area.

Minute Maid

In 1960, the Coca-Cola Company acquired Minute Maid, and the company was then relocated to Houston, Texas in 1967.
Minute Maid

In 1960, the Coca-Cola Company acquired Minute Maid, and the company was then relocated to Houston, Texas in 1967.

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Dishaka

Dishaka does private label, controlled labels and house brands for various retailers around the country.
Dishaka

Dishaka does private label, controlled labels and house brands for various retailers around the country.

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Nature's Best

Serving the Greater Houston area with 2 state of the art facilites providing fresh-cut fruit and vegetable products.
Nature's Best

Serving the Greater Houston area with 2 state of the art facilites providing fresh-cut fruit and vegetable products.

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Wholesome Sweetners, Inc

Fair Trade, Organic & Non-GMO sugars, syrups, agave, stevia zero calorie sweeteners & allergy-friendly candy.
Wholesome Sweetners, Inc

Fair Trade, Organic & Non-GMO sugars, syrups, agave, stevia zero calorie sweeteners & allergy-friendly candy.

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Rich's

Rich Products Corporation is a privately held, multinational food products corporation.
Rich's

Rich Products Corporation is a privately held, multinational food products corporation.

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Messina Hoff Winery

A leading producer of wines using 100% grapes grown exclusively in Texas.
Messina Hoff Winery

A leading producer of wines using 100% grapes grown exclusively in Texas.

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Frito Lay/ PepsiCo

Frito Lay/PepsiCo is a producer of snack products Doritos, Cheetos, and others. Frito Lay has been in Fort Bend County since 1982.  They have grown with the county, expanding three times to add to their footprint, which will soon total 590k square feet.

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Ben E. Keith

"It is the talented labor pool we needed to fill those 400 jobs that attracted us to come here. Fort Bend County gave us a great access to a remarkable group of employees.” 

Jerry Dubose, Ben E. Keith Foods

Training the Workforce

Our large, talented, and diverse workforce is one of Fort Bend’s biggest community assets.  working cooperatively with industry to ensure employment needs are being met, the work force training programs, universities, and business organizations focus on keeping the talent pipeline packed full with skilled, employable labor. 

Logistics & Technology
University of Houston
Rapid Industry Skills & Employability
TSTC/Rise Program
College of Technology
University of Houston College
Agricultural Science
Houston Community College
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Fort Bend has an incredibly favorable business climate that makes it easy for us to do what we love doing: providing healthier snack offerings world-wide. Our associates love the higher standard of living that Ford Bend provides and this continues to improve every year.
Kawal Oberoi, CEO, Dishaka LLC
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This profile includes workforce, wages, and cluster data provided by JobsEQ for the Food & Beverage sector in Fort Bend County.

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Check Out Ft. Bend's Food & Beverage Cluster

Many of the county’s largest employers are in the food and beverage sector. Aldi, Frito Lay, Ben E. Keith, and Niagara all employee hundreds of employees across the county. 

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