Being able to produce an additional five million Goldfish per hour is one thing, but the effects are more broad than one plant in Cache County.

In total, the project will result in an estimated 85 additional jobs and has removed the annual need for 2,236 truck-loads of flour, with the latter reducing the company’s carbon footprint.

Other benefits include consistent quality in products, competitive advantages on costs and the room to further expand the plant’s volume.

With safety consistently on the forefront of the location’s operations, Plant Director Tony Hernandez and the company’s Director of External Communication James Regan were proud to report the project, which had nearly 400,000 hours worked, didn’t have a single safety incident.

“We had zero safety incidents, which is world-class, for sure,” Hernandez said.

To ensure the operators of the new machines would be as educated as possible, the company sent them to the countries in which they were manufactured, with Italy, Switzerland and Germany included.

Seeing as how The Campbell’s Company relies on its consumers to keep them in business, Hernandez said the company does everything in its power to repay the community.

“We’re very mindful in making sure we’re involved with the community — to be able to provide a benefit — just because the community provides us with such a benefit, right?” Hernandez said. “With the employees that work here and for the community that stops here at the store to get great products.”

The Campbell’s Company is also ever-present in festivities around Cache Valley. Employees of the Richmond Location recently participated in Richmond’s “Black & White Days,” held a book drive for White Pine Elementary and has frequently provided products to the school’s backpack program — a program assisting students with food security.

Another dual-sided benefit is the Richmond location’s near-100% use of local flour.

Partnerships with Richmond City and local law-makers also play a role.

“The city of Richmond has been a huge support for the plant,” Hernandez said.

During the expansion’s design process, Hernandez said the company made changes — resulting in increased project costs — in order to alleviate concerns Richmond City had about the amount of waste water the plant would be producing.

“The equipment was quite a bit more expensive, but for us, it was the right thing to do — to make sure we’re being good partners with the community, the city of Richmond and others,” Hernandez said.

Formerly-known as Campbell Soup Company, thanks to the skyrocketing success of John T. Dorrance’s invention of condensed soup, The Campbell’s Company’s new name was spawned from its wide array of products.

While tomato or chicken noodle soup likely come to mind first, the company also produces V8 products, Pace salsa, Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels, Kettle Brand chips and the recently acquired Rao’s Homemade tomato sauce.

“That was one of the main reasons for the name change last year,” Regan said. “Everyone is familiar with Campbell’s and the association with soup, but the portfolio is just so much more than that.”

While the company’s overall success recently led to Goldfish becoming a $1 billion brand, the Richmond plant itself has brought in the hardware for its impact on the community and in the food industry.

The plant has been named Best of Northern Utah Top Employers the last three years — receiving gold in 2024 and silver the two years prior — and was also named FOOD ENGINEERING‘s 2025 Plant of the Year Honorable Mention.

Fun fact: Only roughly 40% of Goldfish snack crackers can be seen with a smile, despite the motto, “The snack that smiles back.”