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Farmer John meatpacking plant in Vernon to close in 2023 due to escalating costs
CBS Los Angeles ^
| June 10, 2022
| CBSLA Staff
Posted on 06/10/2022 9:50:58 AM PDT by chrisinoc
A longtime staple of the Los Angeles community will close its doors next year, citing escalating costs to operate.
The Farmer John meatpacking plant, located in Vernon for more than 90 years, is expected to cease all operations in the early part of 2023 as the parent company, Smithfield Foods, Inc., plans to move most of their business located on the West Coast to different regions.
"Smithfield is taking these steps due to the escalating cost of doing business in California," a statement released early Friday morning said.
They said that customers on the West Coast would still receive services and product from their operations located in the Midwest, as they also look for "strategic options to exit its farms in Arizona and California," as well as decreasing their sow herd in Utah.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: california; compoundingevents; foodcrisis; foodshortages
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Loved those Dodger dogs when it was served at Dodger Stadium.
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posted on
06/10/2022 9:50:58 AM PDT
by
chrisinoc
To: chrisinoc
It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent’s fritters!
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posted on
06/10/2022 9:54:17 AM PDT
by
9422WMR
(45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
To: All
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posted on
06/10/2022 9:54:28 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Where is Biden leading us and what's with the hand basket")
To: chrisinoc
"Smithfield became a subsidiary of the publicly traded Chinese corporation after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) said the acquisition would not endanger national security."
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posted on
06/10/2022 9:55:19 AM PDT
by
blam
To: chrisinoc
Another link in the food supply chain is weakening and about to fail. Over 30 manufacturers and distribution plants now burned or disabled. It’s not a coincidence.
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posted on
06/10/2022 9:56:03 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: chrisinoc
So much for the”Eastern most in quality, and the Western most in flavor”.
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posted on
06/10/2022 9:56:14 AM PDT
by
Slicksadick
(We accept the love we think we deserve.)
To: chrisinoc
More food production DESTROYED!
FORCED out of business by the green/kill off 90% of the population crowd!
Its all CONNECTED! /s
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posted on
06/10/2022 9:57:32 AM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
To: chrisinoc
Had the greatest mural on the exterior wall. The plant was very close to the Pep Boys warehouse where Dad was employed for several decades. He would have retired around 1987.
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posted on
06/10/2022 9:57:58 AM PDT
by
jimfree
(PD)
To: Slicksadick
So much for the”Eastern most in quality, and the Western most in flavor”. "Southern most in labor."
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posted on
06/10/2022 9:58:15 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: chrisinoc
… the parent company, Smithfield Foods, Inc., plans to move most of their business located on the West Coast to different regions. Leaving Lib Land.
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posted on
06/10/2022 9:59:17 AM PDT
by
immadashell
(Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
To: chrisinoc
Biden says, soon you will all be vegetarians riding bicycles to work.
Muah ahahaha.
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posted on
06/10/2022 10:00:17 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
To: carriage_hill
the communist demons continue their attacks
To: Leep
Well, he did tell us once that we’d be only eating beef about once a month.
It wasn’t a prediction. It was a warning.
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posted on
06/10/2022 10:04:33 AM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
To: BipolarBob
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posted on
06/10/2022 10:05:43 AM PDT
by
ducttape45
(Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
To: Yo-Yo
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posted on
06/10/2022 10:05:53 AM PDT
by
Pollard
(If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
To: chrisinoc
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posted on
06/10/2022 10:11:42 AM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
To: chrisinoc
Probably animal rights legislation that prompted this. It is fine with me if they have nothing to eat but Soylent. Let them serve as an example of where this insanity takes you.
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posted on
06/10/2022 10:12:15 AM PDT
by
beef
(Let’s go Baizuo!)
To: Pollard
More like Farmer Yuan. Smithfield is owned by Chyyyyyyna.
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posted on
06/10/2022 10:12:31 AM PDT
by
BozoTexino
(RIP GOP)
To: metmom
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posted on
06/10/2022 10:15:22 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
To: chrisinoc
Ya, for some odd reason fire insurance premiums went up 10X........
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posted on
06/10/2022 10:15:35 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Anybody notice that Satan is hard at work?)
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