Perdido River Meats, a meat processing plant and retail store, is officially open for business in Atmore.

The facility is run by Perdido River Farms, the agricultural arm of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and has the capacity to process up to 125 head of cattle per week, according to a release from the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association.

“This state-of-the-art meat processing facility…offers the Tribe, and its neighboring farms in Southwest Alabama, the opportunity to offer locally raised and processed beef to consumers,” the release reads.

The $29 million idea took six years to come to reality, and Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Rick Pate expects it to have a massive impact on the local economy.

“You are cutting out every middleman there is, and so all that money is going to the cattleman and all our rural communities struggling and things like this are just huge economics,” Pate told WKRG.

Currently Perdido River Meats is only offering beef cuts, but Atmore’s Grateful Garcia Farm recently they would be adding pork and chicken to the store in the coming months.

“We are so excited to announce that we are partnering with Perdido River Farms to provide pork and chicken for our community,” the farm announced in a Facebook post.

“Perdido River Farms shares our passion for quality meat raised in a humane way. Our chicken and pork will be available in the retail store in the coming months.”

The shop is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, and is closed on Sundays.