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According to estimates, Americans eat 46
million turkeys each year.
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On Thanksgiving alone, about 1/5 of the birds
raised annually but less than a week after the
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holiday wrapped this year.
Butterball held a town hall meeting at its
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Jonesboro Arkansas facility and it wasn’t to
celebrate.
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According to recent reports, Butterball
announced on December 4th that it would be
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closing its Jonesboro facility and laying off
its 180 workers.
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Butterball completed a warrant filing in
response to the scenario and says the workers
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will receive compensation and medical benefits
if they continue to work until their end of
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service date.
The plant considered a further processing
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facility where the church are mainly packed and
shipped will close on February 3rd.
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Butterball has operated the plant for nearly
two decades and will move any necessary
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production to other facilities within its
network.
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And while CEO J, Janrain said company
leadership deliberated for a long time about
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this difficult decision.
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Some workers unfortunately had seen the writing
on the wall.
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One employee who spoke with local news channel
eight said,
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quote, most of us saw it coming as their hours
began to dwindle in the months leading up to
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the announcement, Butterball says it’s been
facing sales challenges among them lower prices
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for poultry Seaboard Corporation which owns a
controlling stake in Butterball reported $6
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million in net income for the Turkey company in
the third quarter,
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representing a 70% decline year over year.
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I’m Anna Wells.
This is manufacturing now.