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Mushroom farm closing will cost 200 jobs
The Grand Rapids Press ^
| Saturday, November 13, 2004
| Shandra Martinez
Posted on 11/13/2004 3:11:18 PM PST by Willie Green
GANGES TOWNSHIP -- Saying its U.S. mushroom business has been a cash drain, a Canadian company will close its three stateside operations, including a mushroom farm and processing plant near Fennville.
More than 200 people will be out of work after Christmas when the Money's Foods mushroom plant in Ganges Township closes its doors.
It produced fresh mushrooms for supermarkets and processed for companies that make soups and sauces.
"We feel badly about this because the people have worked very hard trying to make this successful. We've run out of cash and can't keep on supporting it," said Keith Potter, chief executive officer of the Toronto-based company.
The other closing plants are in Howe, Ind., and Pescadero, Calif.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: California; US: Indiana; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: agriculture; dnapalminthemorning; eeyore; fennville; ganges; glenn; joebtfsplk; layoffs; mushrooms; piercove; repenttheendisnigh; sackclothandashes; thebusheconomy; trade; wearedoomed
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To: farmfriend
To: Willie Green
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:13:02 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Hey Arlen, I've got your "arithmetic mandate" right here!)
To: dubyaismypresident
4
posted on
11/13/2004 3:14:42 PM PST
by
TexasTransplant
(It is UNAmerican to put the UN before America)
To: Willie Green
The soup lines just keep getting longer. Brother, can you spare a dime?
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:15:20 PM PST
by
MisterRepublican
("I must go. I must be elusive.")
To: Willie Green
At least they aren't keeping their employees in the dark about the layoffs.
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:17:38 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Arlen Specter's got to go!)
To: TexasTransplant
Fungi failure forments fears.
Mycelial mismanagement, misses money.
Where are the unwanted pinheads to go?
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:18:21 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: MisterRepublican
When mushroom farmers go out of business, fewer mushrooms are produced and the price of pizza toppings will increase.
To: Willie Green
I wonder what ran it into the ground? I doubt that it cost a boatload of money to raise mushrooms, nor were the employees getting paid $20 an hour to do it. Given that they cost about $3 a pound retail here in Alabama, I can't envision a marketwide mushroom glut. Oh well, as long as there's still some to saute with some sweet onions to top my sirloin with........WOO-HOO! *SLURP*
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:19:32 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Taglines? Vikings don't need no steenkin' taglines..............)
To: MisterRepublican
You must have been to a DEAD concert.
The shroom lines just keep getting longer. Brother, can you spare a dime bag?
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:20:12 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Willie Green
ok..I thought mushroom farms were illegal..
;o)
To: Willie Green
A friend tried to expand into the mushroom business. Pretty much wiped him out.
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:21:17 PM PST
by
maggief
To: Willie Green
It's OK, they grow in the pasture.
To: Willie Green
I don't expect one mushroom farm going out of business to cause much of an increase in pizza prices. Most mushrooms are probably from China anyway.
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:22:40 PM PST
by
MisterRepublican
("I must go. I must be elusive.")
To: Willie Green
I wonder if the workers knew... or they were kept in the dark and..
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:23:03 PM PST
by
mconners
To: Willie Green
There's nothin' like a nice pile of sauteed cow flop fungus.
To: mconners
As soon as I saw the topic, I knew there would be a joke here somewhere. I wasn't disappointed.
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:27:04 PM PST
by
CTGOPPER
(Conservative in Liberal Connecticut.)
To: farmfriend
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:27:33 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: muleskinner
Well then I could have my elderly neighbor cook you up some of this:
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:28:12 PM PST
by
StoneFury
(The only thing hippies understand is the fist)
To: Willie Green; abbi_normal_2; Ace2U; adam_az; Alamo-Girl; Alas; alfons; alphadog; amom; ...
Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.
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posted on
11/13/2004 3:28:17 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( In Essentials, Unity...In Non-Essentials, Liberty...In All Things, Charity.)
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