Investment supports hog finishing throughout region; benefits company’s pork processing facilities in Iowa and Illinois.

The ads took rival chain Subway to task for having its meat products sliced in Iowa and not on the back of each restaurant, like Arby’s.

The investors behind the proposed beef plant in Tama, Iowa, are hoping to have the facility up and running by June, though the plant's owners say that renovations are still ongoing and that more startup capital is needed.

The newly expanded location brings 65 jobs to Fort Madison, Iowa.