Domino’s to build processing facility in West Columbia

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Pizza restaurant chain Domino’s will open a processing facility in Lexington County expected to create 75 jobs.

The Michigan-based company plans to build a 67,000-square-foot facility at the Lexington County Industrial Park to supply dough and other ingredients to its franchise stores.

Domino’s, founded in 1960, has approximately 15,000 stores and posted global retail sales of more than $12.2 billion in 2017, according to a news release.

“This growth in our U.S. business has driven record-level volumes in our supply chain centers,” Troy Ellis, Domino’s supply chain services executive vice president, said in the release. “Our investments in supply chain capacity, both to serve current demand and to support our growth plans going forward, are important to our company. South Carolina has been a great partner in this important process.”

The facility is expected to be operational in the second quarter of 2020, with hiring slated to begin in the fourth quarter of 2019.

“Food processing is and continues to be a key segment for our state’s growing agribusiness industry,” S.C. Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers said. “We welcome Domino’s to South Carolina and look forward to working with them to establish a healthy product supply chain with our hardworking farmers.”