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- 4th Best - Lowest Unemployment Tax (SBE Council, 2018)
- 2017 Governor's Cup (most qualifying new and expanded facilities per capita)
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Nebraska Profit Opportunities for Food Manufacturing
Updated January 2020 Approx. 40 pages
Nebraska offers noteworthy competitive advantages for the Food Manufacturing industry, including reduced labor and energy costs and a geographic location offering cost advantages for inputs and transportation. Combining labor and energy cost findings, the results of the model plant analysis determine an annual cost advantage associated with the Nebraska location averages 2.1 percent less than the average annual costs from plant sites located in 15 alternative states.