Spanish snack manufacturer Frit Ravich is preparing a major expansion of its production and logistics network, with more than €115 million earmarked for a new snack factory in Girona and a distribution centre in Madrid.
Announced in early September, the investment forms part of the company’s 2030 strategic plan and is intended to double its total production capacity by the end of the decade. Construction of the new manufacturing facility at Maçanet de la Selva is scheduled to begin in 2027.
The project is particularly relevant to snack manufacturers because it combines capacity expansion with a reorganisation of production by product category, alongside work on plant layout, material flows and future scalability.
New factory targets crisps and popcorn
The new factory will cover approximately 33,000m² on land adjoining Frit Ravich’s existing headquarters and production operation. It will primarily manufacture potato crisps and popcorn, which the company identifies as two of its strategic high-volume categories.
Its existing 26,000m² plant will remain operational but will increasingly specialise in nuts. The split gives Frit Ravich the opportunity to develop more dedicated manufacturing environments rather than adding further product categories to the existing site.
Preparatory work on the land has already been completed, while the project is currently at master-plan stage. Frit Ravich said work is under way to define the factory layout, optimise production flows and establish the sequence of construction phases. Engineering, architectural and environmental sustainability work is being undertaken with specialist firm Colomer-Rifà.
The company describes the planned operating model as “flexieficient”, referring to its aim of responding to fluctuations in demand and changing market requirements without compromising manufacturing or logistics efficiency.
Longer term, the site has been designed with further expansion in mind. Frit Ravich expects the programme to double overall production capacity by 2030, with the potential for capacity to reach four times current levels by 2050 through subsequent development phases.
Capacity linked to logistics investment
Manufacturing expansion is being accompanied by a new distribution centre in Madrid serving central and southern Spain. Frit Ravich said the site will support stock availability, faster replenishment and its existing 24-hour delivery objective.
For snack manufacturers, the project illustrates the importance of developing production and distribution capacity together. Increasing line output without corresponding warehousing and logistics capability can simply move a bottleneck further downstream.
Frit Ravich is also planning to add around 500 employees progressively as the expansion develops. The company expects its workforce to approach 2,000 people following the programme.
The scale of the investment makes this particularly relevant for processors examining how factory design can accommodate both immediate capacity requirements and future expansion without repeated large-scale restructuring.
