Sunshine Coast dairy producer Kenilworth Dairies has opened a new bottling plant with funding support from the Queensland Government.
The company received a $250,000 co-contribution through the government’s RED Grant program to purchase equipment to pasteurise their milk as well as set up a laboratory to monitor their products for quality and safety purposes.
Owner John Cochrane said the expansion helped create more than 24 jobs and transformed the company into a completely independent local dairy provider.
“With the help of this RED grant we are able to process 12,000 litres of milk each day and deliver products like milk, cheese, mousse and ice cream across southeast Queensland,” Mr Cochrane added.
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner said Kenilworth Dairies was one of 43 businesses in Queensland to receive a RED Grant to help fund the expansion of their business.
“Kenilworth Dairies is a well-known local dairy producer in the Sunshine Coast area with a strong reputation for producing high-quality dairy products,” he said.
“Five people were employed to build the new plant and now that it’s complete, another 24 locals will get ongoing work here at the dairy.”
