Posted on 06/26/2022 9:01:42 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
One of the nation’s largest vertically integrated chicken producers will be shutting down one of its plants in Campbell County, Tennessee.
George’s Inc. announced it would be closing its Caryville food processing plant, WVLT-TV reported.
The move would jeopardize the livelihoods of around 200 of the company’s employees during a time of record-high inflation and soaring gas prices, according to the news station.
Campbell County Mayor E.L Morton told WLVT-TV that he was working to ensure the plant would remain open, so the closure would not hurt employees’ livelihoods.
“I have contacted the Tennessee Economic and Community Development staff to request assistance in keeping the plant open or facilitating a sale to another operator,” Morton said. “I have requested Governor Lee’s assistance as well.”
George’s had purchased the plant from Oklahoma City-based Lopez Foods in 2017, according to TalkBusiness.
Before the sale, the plant had employed 285 employees. It produced fully-cooked pork, beef and turkey products that were then delivered to the retail, food service and convenience store sectors until George’s took over, according to TalkBusiness.
Before the sale, the plant had employed 285 employees. It produced fully-cooked pork, beef and turkey products that were then delivered to the retail, food service and convenience store sectors until George’s took over, according to TalkBusiness.
The Caryville plant’s closure comes as food prices have been rising in the country, both due to inflation and Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has had effects on the world crude oil, fertilizer and agriculture markets.
George’s did not respond to WVLT-TV’s request for comment. Neither did the company publicly explain the closure.
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Like President Trump might say, “Miss me yet?”
Gee, is George’s partly owned by Bill Gates or George Soros?
“Like President Trump might say, “Miss me yet?”
TOTALLY miss President Trump!
Probably one of the biggest employers in the area.
Nothing to see here. Just another incident in a long list of Hope and Change that Obama talked about, Trump disrupted, and now Biden is implementing.
In order to ‘fundamentally transform’, as Obama would say, they have to break down the existing structures.
No problem. Just sell it to the Chicoms. They like this kind of stuff.
Red state retaliation? Meat bad. Bugs and fake meat good?
Bonus round it looks like a good place for hunting too.
Deliberate, has to be.
Even chicken isn’t cheap at the grocery store.
Of course I must admit I know nothing about raising chickens.
I’m going to live in the “jungle” of Hawaii, with ice cookers, and live off the land…
Control the food, control gas, control the internet, control elections, etc. The list keeps growing.
I could teach anybody — even people in this room, no offense intended — to be a chicken rancher. It’s a [process]: you dig a hole, you put an egg in, you put dirt on top, add water, up comes the chicken. </Mike Bloomberg>
Nice, thank you!
I know there’s a ton of wild chickens on the big island of Hawaii.
Wild pigs and goats too.
Confusing headline, is the producer large, or are the chickens large?
A different America
Now apparently gone forever 😟
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