Conagra Foods Packaged Foods, LLC (New Plant)
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THE QUICK READ
Conagra Brands runs a Birds Eye vegetable processing plant in Waseca, Minnesota, where workers receive, wash, and freeze fresh peas and corn from area growers within hours of picking, alongside rice processing lines. The site opened in 2022 as a $300 million replacement for a 92-year-old Waseca facility, built with heavy automation for about 20% more capacity. It holds roughly 142,672 pounds of ammonia — large enough to require a formal process safety management program, since federal rules kick in at 10,000 pounds.
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PAY PICTURE
Ammonia / Industrial Refrigeration Tech
- Government data for Minnesota
- $30.02–$39.06/hr
- What techs ask in Minnesota
- $35.59–$41.75/hr
- Posted pay near this plant
- $29.80–$37.89/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 9 techs in our network, Minnesota · 6 postings
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for Minnesota
- $26.91–$34.72/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Minnesota
- $31–$42.50/hr
- Posted pay near this plant
- $28.02–$33.99/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 278 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Minnesota pay levels · 14 postings
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~87
- Ammonia on site
- 142,672 lbs (per EPA RMP filings)
On file · Sep 2026
SAFETY RECORD
EPA RMP · Sep 2026From public EPA records, as of September 2, 2026. Reported as filed — we add no opinions or grades.
LIVING IN WASECA, MN
NEARBY PLANTS HIRING
Data updated: Sep 2026| FACILITY | LOCATION | DISTANCE | OPEN JOBS |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kraft Heinz Company | Mason City, IA | 65 mi | 3 JOBS → |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | Mason City, IA | 66 mi | 6 JOBS → |
| Conagra Brands | Waterloo, IA | 121 mi | 6 JOBS → |
| Tyson Prepared Foods, Inc. | Waterloo, IA | 126 mi | 4 JOBS → |
| hormel foods | Nevada, IA | 143 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | Sioux Center, IA | 148 mi | 10 JOBS → |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | Carroll, IA | 155 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. | Denison, IA | 169 mi | 4 JOBS → |
ABOUT CONAGRA BRANDS
Conagra Brands began in 1919 as Nebraska Consolidated Mills, a grain-milling company founded by Alva Kinney in Nebraska. It became ConAgra in 1971, then ConAgra Foods in 2000, and took its current name in 2016 when it moved headquarters to Chicago. It grew through acquisitions including Banquet, Armour, Beatrice Foods, Marie Callender's, Ralcorp, and Pinnacle Foods, the last of which added Birds Eye in 2018. Its brands now include Hunt's, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, and Orville Redenbacher's, made across about 38 plants in the United States. Conagra trades on the NYSE as CAG, reporting about $11.6 billion in revenue and roughly 18,300 employees for fiscal 2025.
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