Tony Barber, LSU AG Bottling facility — EXPANDING MARKET: The Foodii bottling facility, capable of filling 25,000 bottles a day, according to facility manager Tony Barber, is targeting incubator tenants and food companies needing small- to medium-sized runs. (Collin Richie)

Culinary innovator

Foodii’s latest plans include a new retail shop and a focus on product development and bottling.

July 26, 2023

Since it opened in 2013 in a former poultry lab on the LSU campus, the LSU AgCenter Food Innovation Institute has been best known for helping culinary entrepreneurs develop products and get them to market. Hanley’s Foods salad dressings, Alvin Ray’s Bayou Best Pickles, City Gelato and Davey’s Salsa are a few of the dozens

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