Simplot will start the construction of a French fries plant in Mendoza, Argentina, mune ingangoita nguva yemwedzi, zvichitevera kudyara kunodarika USD100m.
The plant will start operations in 2018 and will devote most of its production to the foreign market, according to the Argentinean press. The owner and shareholder of the company San Fili, Fabio Calcaterra, confirmed the information. San Fili had a commercial agreement with Simplot. The company will produce about 120,000 tons per year of finished product, which will require about 4,000 hectares of potatoes per season. The raw material will be provided mainly by San Fili. “More than ten years ago we developed a 1,500 hectare project under pivot irrigation in the Pareditas area of San Carlos,” said Calcaterra.
Iyo yekugadzirisa fekitori, iyo ichavakwa pane 100-mahekita saiti pane wepasi rose mukoridho muLujan de Cuyo (National Nzira 7), ichaburitsa yakaomeswa echando pre-yakakangwa mbatatisi uye mbatata yakasviba. Iyo kambani inofungidzira kutendeuka kweUS $ 1.8bn, iyo 70% (aprox. USD77m) ichawanikwa kubva kunze kwenyika kune dzakasiyana nyika muSouth America, kunyanya Brazil, Uruguay neChile. Vanhu mazana mana vachashanda zvakaringana uye zviuru zviviri zvisina kunangana.
