--- title: "Maid-Rite Specialty Foods Cooked Meat Processing - Foth | Food Plant Engineering, LLC" description: "After a fire destroyed production capacity at one of their cooked meat facilities, a division of a large North American company turned to FPE for help regaining the lost production. The decision was made to implement a major upgrade to this legacy manufacturing facility." url: "https://foodplantengineering.com/projects/meat-poultry-seafood/cooked-meat-processing" date: "2026-06-28T16:29:22+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Maid-Rite Specialty Foods Cooked Meat Processing Scranton, Pennsylvania ## Capacity increase allows legacy facility to meet growing demand ### Project Services [ ![](https://foodplantengineering.com/images/icons/facility-planning-icon.svg) ### Facility Planning ](https://foodplantengineering.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&catid=25) [ ![](https://foodplantengineering.com/images/icons/process-planning-icon.svg) ### Process Planning ](https://foodplantengineering.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&catid=25) [ ![](https://foodplantengineering.com/images/icons/facility-design-icon.svg) ### Facility Design ](https://foodplantengineering.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191&catid=24) [ ![](https://foodplantengineering.com/images/icons/process-design-icon.svg) ### Process Design ](https://foodplantengineering.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39&catid=24) [ ![](https://foodplantengineering.com/images/icons/facility-construction-icon.svg) ### Facility Construction ](https://foodplantengineering.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=178&catid=23) [ ![](https://foodplantengineering.com/images/icons/process-installation-icon.svg) ### Process Installation ](https://foodplantengineering.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40&catid=23) ### Project Highlights - Additional grinding capacity added to support new lines - Automated packaging system installed for labor reduction - Flexible cooking system for multiple product categories ### 35,000 sf renovation of 115,000 sf operating facility ### 35 % production capacity increase ### 50 % refrigeration capacity increase ### Project Overview After a fire destroyed production capacity at one of their cooked meat facilities, a division of a large North American company turned to FPE for help regaining the lost production. The feasibility of rebuilding the fire-damaged facility and additional options were examined. As a result, the decision was made to implement a major upgrade to this legacy manufacturing facility. A phased plan was developed to install two new cook lines in the building. The first phase involved installing a high-capacity cook line by carving out 15,000 sf inside of the facility for the automated meat grinding, forming, cooking, freezing, and packaging line. The project required significant infrastructure upgrades to support the two additional cooking lines. A new ammonia refrigeration system, steam boiler, water heater, natural gas service and distribution, electric service and distribution, oven exhaust system and treatment, and wastewater treatment were added alongside upgrades to existing infrastructure systems. All project planning, design, permitting and construction for the project were implemented by FPE. 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