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Sit in a company that was established in
Colorado Springs in 1880 revealed plans to
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close its nine acre manufacturing facility at
the end of the year.
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As a result, 64 workers including manufacturing
supervisors and hourly workers and front office
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staff will lose their jobs.
According to Colorado Springs,
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gazette, S’s owner La La US announced that the
plant is set to close on December 30th,
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putting an end to the facility that had
annually produced 3 million pounds of sour
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cream, 9 million pounds of cottage cheese and
220 million pounds of milk.
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However, the gazette noted that those figures
were last reported in 2011 and the plant no
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longer makes sit and branded products.
Instead, it manufactures and distributes
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chocolate and strawberry flavored milk as well
as seasonal eggnog.
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Under Lala’s promised land dairy brand.
The gazette added that LA LA now plans to move
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production to a co manufacturing site in West
Virginia.
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The closure features permanent layoffs for all
the facility’s employees which reportedly
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includes an undisclosed number of members of
the international Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Local Union.
Number 455 la LA stated it intends to provide
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eligible employees with resources such as a
retention bonus and severance benefits.
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According to the Colorado Springs Pioneers
Museum.
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Sitton Dairy was started by brothers Melvin and
George Sitton.
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They began in 1880 with 12 red cows to produce
14 quarts of milk delivered daily via a horse
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drawn wagon for 10 cents.
After introducing pasteurized milk to Colorado
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Springs in 1907, sit and dairy grew by
purchasing multiple farms and ranches
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transitioned to truck deliveries and relocated
to its current plant.
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In 1955.
The company changed ownership over the years
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starting with associated grocers from 1980
until its bankruptcy.
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Seven years later after which the dairy farmers
of America cooperated and Sits management took
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control.
LA LA later acquired the firm in 2009 and
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replaced the C name with Promised Land Dairy in
2016 as the company shifted to ultra
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pasteurized milk with a long shelf life.
I’m Nolan Beein.
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This is manufacturing now.