Frozen Food Express (FFE) Transportation Services, a temperature-controlled carrier and warehousing specialist headquartered in Dallas, Texas, USA is expanding its business with a new transportation and logistics facility in Butler, Missouri. The company is investing nearly $6 million in the project, which is expected to create approximately 60 new jobs.
“Missouri’s central location and business-friendly environment is a leading destination for transportation and logistics companies like this one, and we are excited to welcome FFE to Missouri,” said Governor Mike Parson. “It is bringing good-paying jobs and economic opportunities to Missourians in this rural community. We look forward to working together as FFE finds success and grows within our state.”
“We are very excited about expanding our operation into the Butler region,” said Jim Richards, president and chief executive officer of FFE Transportation. “We look forward to working closely with the community and being a great partner.”
FFE is utilizing the Missouri Works program, an incentive tool to help companies expand and retain workers by providing access to capital through withholdings or tax credits for job creation. The company is also partnering with Missouri One Start to provide tailored recruitment assistance to meet the company’s specific workforce needs. Its professional training network ensures companies can draw from a workforce pool with the right skillset when they need it.
“We are thrilled that FFE Transportation is investing here,” said Missouri Partnership CEO Subash Alias. “Our state is a leading location for companies in distribution and logistics, thanks to our strategic location in the center of the country. FFE’s investment further solidifies our state’s crucial role in the food supply chain.”
Founded in 1943, Frozen Food Express Transportation Services has grown into the largest asset-based refrigerated LTL transportation and warehousing provider in the United States. Its over-the-road truckload division merged into KLLM in late 2013. Today the company operates from 17 locations across the nation, offerings customers refrigerated warehouse space as well as break bulk services.
