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Blue Diamond , Turlock Celebrates 10 Years of Operations This June, Blue Diamond’s Turlock plant celebrated its tenth year of operation, a vital milestone for the youngest addition to the cooperative’s manufacturing power. To mark the occasion, the Turlock facility hosted “Turlock Turns 10,” an anniversary luncheon, where plant employees rubbed shoulders with elected officials and interns shook hands with senior board members. It was a colorful scene, with many of the roughly 175 attendees dressed in a wide variety of Blue Diamond shirts and hats.
In 2012, Blue Diamond broke ground on a plot of land in Turlock, CA, that would become the cooperative’s single largest investment since its founding in 1910. At 255,000 square feet (nearly six acres), the Turlock plant is an impressive, state-of-the-art almond processing facility. The plant boasts a variety of processing lines, including production lines for almond flour and a substance known as “bev-base,” a core ingredient in Blue Diamond ’s top-selling Almond Breeze ® . As Turlock’s site director, Travis Hill put it in his commemorative speech, “whether it’s your favorite cereal, candy, or breakfast bar, if it has almonds, it likely came from Turlock.” Blue Diamond is committed to staying engaged with the local community, and the Turlock Turns 10 event was evidence of that commitment. Andrea Fragoza, the Department Lead for Environmental Health and Safety at the Turlock Blue Diamond facility, and a Master Sergeant
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