Pita Pal plans to turn the 93,000-sq.-ft. former refrigerated processed meats factory at the corner of Canal St. and North Palmer east of Downtown that it just bought from Tyson Foods into a well-oiled hummus, salad, and falafel-making machine — powered by 100 new employees, and maybe another 100 later. A full 39,000 sq. ft. of the warehouse space on the 4-acre site is refrigerated; when Tyson ran it there was room for 1,300 workers. Pita Pal president Melissa Navon tells reporter Molly Ryan it may be tough to find experienced food-service workers in Houston, but that she expects to find enough experienced oil industry and medical personnel to meet the company’s needs. [Houston Business Journal] Photo of 3100 Canal St.: LoopNet
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3 Comments
Ultimately it’s all process engineering. They guys that design and built oil well pads and oil treatment facilities also will work on the food production side building factories.
Glad to see some activity is about to happen in the area. I was getting worried about the lone security gaurd that paces back and forth….. Wonder what this will do to our property values….not much different than the chicken packing place, I suppose. Welcome to the neighborhood Pita Pal!!!!!!!!!
Good luck Pita Pal! I love your products and love to see you expanding. Keep on the good work.