Charlotte sushi company is moving HQ to York County, bringing over 140 jobs
A large sushi distributor in Charlotte will bring its headquarters and a training facility to Rock Hill. Hissho Sushi announced the move and planned $5 million investment, set to create 146 jobs.
The move allows Hissho Sushi to expand its operations while maintaining high quality standards, company president Matt Wilken said in an announcement this week. “York County offers us the space, resources and talent we need to fuel our next chapter,” Wilken said.
Hissho Sushi is in Charlotte’s Steel Creek area, the jutting part of North Carolina between Lake Wylie and Tega Cay in South Carolina. The company has products in more than 2,500 supermarket deli sections, college campuses, freestanding stores and other locations.
Hissho provide sushi for Mein Bowl at Winthrop University in Rock Hill. The privately-held company also is in numerous Sprouts, Fresh Market and Food Lion stores.
Primary distribution will soon take place from a new site at 3621 Lazy Hawk Road in Rock Hill. The Herald reported on county plans the past two years to put a large cold storage warehouse on the site.
Last month, a Connecticut company bought the property right beside Hissho Sushi for $3.3 million.
The more than 40-acre Hissho Sushi property fronts Interstate 77 at the Mount Holly Road interchange. A Florida company bought it three years ago for $2.3 million, according to county land records. A more than 290,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse opened last year.
Hissho Sushi expects to be operational in the facility by August. It’ll be a headquarters and a hub for nationwide distribution as well as a franchisee training center.
Hissho Sushi was founded in 1998.
