Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday announced the official grand opening of meal delivery service RealEats 80,000 square-foot production facility located at 1 Montmorency Way (Routes 5 & 20) in the Town of Geneva, Ontario County. Originally located in the Geneva Enterprise Development Center, a local business incubator, RealEats will produce and ship fully cooked, farm-fresh customizable meals from the new Geneva location, where it currently employs approximately 160 people. This expansion builds on the Finger Lakes regions vibrant agriculture and food processing sector, a central part of the regionally designed Finger Lakes Forward economic development plan.
“New York state is globally known for having some of the best food products in the world, and the agricultural industry is an important part of our statewide economy,”Governor Hochul said.”By continuing to build on our investments in successful companies like RealEats, we are bolstering startups that are focused on the future of the agribusiness industry. We are committed to fostering these innovative ideas, boosting job growth, and to further strengthening the regional and statewide economies.”
Founded in 2017, RealEats delivers healthy, portion controlled, chef-cooked meals directly to homes across most of the United States. RealEats selected New York, and specifically Geneva, for its expansion, because of its central location in the world-renowned Finger Lakes agricultural region. Geneva is also home to the Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech – the first of its kind facility which pulls together multiple partners to catalyze business development in New York’s agriculture and food industries.
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