Factor75 Hires 100-Plus Workers For Food Prep Facility In Aurora

AURORA, IL — Two months after joining the world’s largest meal-kit company in a quarter-billion-dollar deal, Factor75 is set to open a new food preparation and delivery facility Thursday in Aurora.

Factor75, a Batavia-based company that specializes in prepared meals for people focused on health and wellness, was purchased by HelloFresh in November in a deal that could be worth $277 million dollars.

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Factor75 recently moved into the former Cosmopolitan building at 2372 W. Indian Trail, with the company opening the remodeled facility’s doors for the first time Thursday, city officials said.

Located on a nearly 14-acre site, the building includes more than 100,000 square feet for a commercial kitchen, packaging and storage area, and 35,000 square feet of office space, officials said.

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The Cosmopolitan Marketplace building has sat vacant since early 2016, about a year after it opened.

The company has said its new Aurora facility will allow it to produce more than $500 million worth of prepared meals each year. HelloFresh is also taking over Factor75’s four production and fulfillment facilities in Burr Ridge, Lyons and Franklin Park.

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HelloFresh's revenues between July and September were more than double its revenues during the same period in 2019, with demand for prepared meal kits soaring amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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