Roundup: Shrimp processing plant coming to B.R. … Jammin’ Jambalaya to be packaged in ‘paper cans’

Facilities won’t be shrimpy: A new shrimp processing facility is coming to Baton Rouge, officials announced Monday. The Baton Rouge Area Chamber and Mayor Kip Holden made the announcement, saying Baton Rouge Shrimp Company will be located on Neosho Avenue in a 50,000-square-foot warehouse. The company will purchase fresh, wild-caught shrimp at ports along the Gulf of Mexico, then process and distribute the product nationally and internationally. They be jammin’: Louisiana Food Company, a purveyor of “Certified” Louisiana specialty food products, says it will begin packaging its best-selling dry product, Jammin’ Jambalaya, in environmentally friendly “paper cans” beginning early in the fourth quarter. Company president David Loflin says the new packaging will allow for better label artwork, greater flexibility of use in retail displays and, most importantly, lower packaging costs.