That’ll buff right out.
Hey, I know, let’s open up the economy!
Another source, same story:
APRIL 12, 2020 / 12:20 PM
Smithfield shutting U.S. pork plant indefinitely, warns of meat shortages during pandemic
Tom Polansek
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods, the world’s biggest pork processor, said on Sunday it will shut a U.S. plant indefinitely due to a rash of coronavirus cases among employees and warned the country was moving “perilously close to the edge” in supplies for grocers.
Slaughterhouse shutdowns are disrupting the U.S. food supply chain, crimping availability of meat at retail stores and leaving farmers without outlets for their livestock.
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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem said on Saturday that 238 Smithfield employees had active cases of the new coronavirus, accounting for 55% of the state’s total. Noem and the mayor of Sioux Falls had recommended the company shut the plant, which has about 3,700 workers, for at least two weeks.
“It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running,” Smithfield Chief Executive Ken Sullivan said in a statement on Sunday. “These facility closures will also have severe, perhaps disastrous, repercussions for many in the supply chain, first and foremost our nation’s livestock farmers.”
All you can do now is pop popcorn and watch the crony socs and crony caps pull rabbits out of their butts. Having spent all our hard earned tax dollars on crony trinkets. At least they are entertaining.
That’ll buff right out.
Hey, I know, let’s open up the economy!
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Just a reminder, Smithfield was bought lock, stock, and barrel by the Red Chinese a couple of years back.