Having cake, and eating it too

This post is dedicated to Michelle, and her attempt to keep Business Facilities' facility full of cake and cookies.

-Celebration Foods, the company that produces Carvel ice cream cakes and other desserts, will be relocating its sweet headquarters and manufacturing operation to New Britain, Connecticut. The $16.3 million facility is expected to generate 225 jobs, bringing Celebration's plants in Maryland, California, and Massachusetts under one roof. Centerplan Development Co. broke ground this month on the 13 acre site, which they will rent to Celebration.

The city and state Department of Economic and Community Development offered the company a $1 million grant and a five year, 80% discount on real and personal property taxes.

-While on the topic, the town of Brookhaven, New York is sounding very delicious. Tate's Wholesale, a national distributor of gourmet baked goods, relocated its manufacturing facilities to a 27,000-square-foot facility this month. The move represents a major move Brookhaven, which created the first "floating Empire Zone" for the company, allowing Tate's to be eligible for wage tax credits and other benefits. The company plans to create 50 jobs.

Sources: The Hartford Courant, Newsday