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October 15, 2014

Gielow Pickles' new plant good news for Burlington

  • The port invested $600,000 to prepare the building — empty after being leased by Triton Aerospace — for pickle production.
    • By MARK STAYTON
    Skagit Valley Herald

    BURLINGTON — Pickles and sauerkraut are once again rolling down processing lines in Skagit County as Gielow Pickles recently started up production in a 70,000-square-foot facility at the Port of Skagit.

    The plant joins Sakuma Bros. Farms as the only Skagit County-based crop processors and will help salvage valuable rotation crops of cucumbers and cabbage, said Don McMoran, director of the Washington State University Skagit County Extension.


     
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