A new £100mln bacon factory planned to open in Greater Manchester next year is set to create 300 jobs.
Global food company Danish Crown intends to open a pork processing plant in Rochdale in 2023 with the facility set to produce over 900 tonnes of bacon and gammon a week powered 100% by renewable energy.
Danish Crown CEO Jais Valeur said the move was "the next step" in the company's commitment to the UK market.
"Danish Crown has a long heritage in the UK, bringing British consumers high-quality bacon and pork products for over 135 years," he said. "This investment forms the next step in our commitment to the UK market, bringing our customers a reliable, transparent supply of high-quality bacon to help meet demand, produced to high sustainability and welfare standards."
The 30,500 square metre processing facility will be built at the town's Kingsway business park and will be Danish Crown's first new UK factory for three years.
It also forms part of the company's wider strategy to deliver climate-neutral meat products by 2050.
"The future of meat will be based on high-quality products that are as sustainable as possible," Valeur added.