Serve Up Your Product from Kentucky’s Bread Basket...
With one of America’s lowest electric rates, a great and diverse transportation network, and a rich agriculture community, it’s no wonder Northwest Kentucky offers an advantage in the area of prepared foods. From giant corporations like Tyson to thriving home-grown businesses like Fresh Meal Solutions, our advantage means success for your company.
Grow Your Food Business in NWKY
More than 1,700 people work at 15 food processing and related companies. These companies range from a huge Tyson plant to fast-growing hometown businesses such as Fresh Meal Solutions which developed a new way to pasteurize meals that are sold in supermarkets all over the country. Support businesses such as AmeriCold Logistics are already established in NWKY.
Location & Transportation Advantages for Food Products
Kentucky has a rich agricultural heritage and NWKY produces over half of the state’s soybeans & corn as well as 60% of its wheat crop.
NWKY is also home to a large share of the state’s livestock and poultry production.
Northwest Kentucky has some of the lowest energy costs in the nation!
Northwest KY has an ample workforce drawn from a three state area with specialized training, available to prepare workers for today’s automotive processes. Total workforce - 300,000.
An extensive surface water network of rivers, streams, lakes, complimented by the ground water supplies guarantee an ample supply of water for the production of food and kindred products.
A freight distribution network that is efficient, safe, and technologically competitive makes Northwest Kentucky an ideal location for businesses supplying perishable or time sensitive products.
Northwest Kentucky is encircled by I-64 on the North, I-65 on the East, I-24 on the South and I-57 on the West. I-69, on its way from Toronto to Houston, passes through the center of this circle in Henderson, KY, providing fast, efficient access from Northwest Kentucky to any direction in North America.
In addition, US 41 runs north to south through Northwest KY, and both US 60 and the Audubon Parkway run east to west. These excellent highways provide superior connectivity within the region and alternate quick routes to the Interstate Highways.
The Henderson Riverport is a full-port, intermodal facility serving local, national and international industry. Located at mile 808 on the Ohio River and twenty miles from the confluence with the Green River, the Henderson County Riverport is one of the most active river ports in the Midwest and is a pivotal point for all river shipping in the Midwest.
Business Cost Comparison
Source: North American Business Cost Review, 2006 Edition updated May 2007