On November 26, representatives from MAB, Sunny Queen Australia, Texco, Colliers, and Hume City Council were onsite to mark the commencement of construction of Sunny Queen Australia’s new purpose built cold storage, egg grading and distribution facility at Merrifield Business Park.

The sod turn event was an important milestone, with this new facility consolidating Sunny Queen’s operations in Truganina and Hallam into a single advanced hub, supporting its ability to supply more than 1.5 billion eggs annually as Australia’s population continues to grow. It represents Sunny Queen’s largest investment outside Queensland in its 90-year history.

This highly specialised processing facility will feature numerous rooms from ambient temperatures down to negative 35 degrees. Bringing together a facility of this nature hinged on the success of strong partnerships and collaboration from all teams involved.

“Breaking ground marks the commencement of an amazing journey with Sunny Queen at Merrifield Business Park, and we’re very excited to see such a specialised facility come to life” said MAB Development Manager, Nathan Thompson.

Thank you to Corey Vraca and Nick O’Brien at Colliers for negotiating the pre-lease agreements, and to Sunny Queen Australia and Texco for working with us to bring this project to life. Congratulations also to the MAB team of Nathan Thompson, Sebastian Zaia, Jamie Buxton and Matthew Planner.