Robust supply chain network design with multi-products for a company in the food sector

•A mixed-integer linear programming model is developed for supply chain network design problem of a firm in the food sector.•Decisions include opening and capacity acquisition at a new plant, capacity expansion at existing plants, shipment amounts.•To obtain a robust solution against demand uncertainty minimax regret approach is adopted.•The plant to be opened as suggested by the robust solution of the model is confirmed and implemented by the firm.