Nestle opened a new 630,000-square-foot beverage factory and distribution center in Glendale on Tuesday morning. It will be used to produce creamers for Coffee Mate, Natural Bliss and Starbucks.
The company says its opening brings 300 jobs to the Valley.
In 2019, Nestle closed a water bottling plant in south Phoenix, citing tough competition in the bottled-water industry. That plant operated for about three years.
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