Foster Farms Dairy’s ice cream plant in Salem will close, laying off more than 75 workers, because its new owners found they couldn’t upgrade the century-old operation.
The business, best known as Deluxe Ice Cream, began in 1913. Foster Farms of Modesto, Calif., acquired the aging plant in 2010, when the company bought the Matterhorn Group Inc. in a bankruptcy sale.
“It’s nearly 100 years old,” said John Segale, a Foster Farms spokesman. “And that was part of the problem.”
Another problem is the plant’s location in downtown Salem, limiting room for expansion.
Layoffs of the plant’s 75 full-time employees and 25 seasonal part-time workers will most likely begin around Oct. 1.
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/08/foster_farms_dairy_known_as_de.html
(note- c'mon, let me hear it. Who was the KNEW OWNERS?, did the axed employees get their PENSIONS? They bought it to close it. Hmm, cuts out that flow of foods traffic 1st it was TILLAMOOK that left. beginning note 1913 gist another SIGN, Of The Times co-ink-i-dent)
(note- c'mon, let me hear it. Who was the KNEW OWNERS?, did the axed employees get their PENSIONS? They bought it to close it. Hmm, cuts out that flow of foods traffic 1st it was TILLAMOOK that left. beginning note 1913 gist another SIGN, Of The Times co-ink-i-dent)
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