Alabama Beverage Company to Build Bottling Plant in SC

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) An Alabama beverage company plans to invest $130 million and create more than 100 jobs in South Carolina's Spartanburg County.

Milo's Tea Company, headquartered in Bessemer, Alabama, will open a new brewing and bottling operation in Moore, South Carolina.

Spartanburg County Councilman David Britt announced the plan Monday during a County Council meeting. The facility would be the company's fourth plant in the U.S., The Herald-Journal reported.

They are an outstanding family-owned business that was established in 1946 and their people-first attitude will fit incredibly well in our county, said Britt, who chairs the countys economic development committee.