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Ragu plant closing; 124 jobs lost
The Merced Sun-Star ^ | December 9, 2005 | Leslie Albrecht

Posted on 12/10/2005 9:17:15 AM PST by Willie Green

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To: luvbach1

Down with Ragu.
Long live Barilla!:o)


21 posted on 12/10/2005 10:06:27 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Give my blankets to my buddies and the fleas to Diamond Joe.)
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To: Willie Green

Reminds me of a few years ago when the Prince Pasta plant closed in Lowell MA. It was a well known local landmark, and was used for directions 'turn left at the Prince Pasta plant.'

It went out of business. The building was purchased by another firm, and underwent a name change, but was afterwards still used as a landmark 'Turn left as the pasta plant formerly known as Prince.'


22 posted on 12/10/2005 10:08:30 AM PST by posterchild
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To: Willie Green

23 posted on 12/10/2005 10:17:03 AM PST by Libloather (God bless America - and the blue states, too...)
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To: Willie Green
It is my understanding that cotton really drains the soil of nutrients.

Tomatoes are grown in Virginia, they are fed fertilizer and water via tubing controlled by a computer with black plastic to keep down the weeds. They also grow cotton but I have never seen it grown as they do tomatoes.

24 posted on 12/10/2005 10:17:17 AM PST by Dustbunny (Main Stream Media -- Making 'Max Headroom' a reality.)
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To: dr_who_2

Never did care much for rag goo.


25 posted on 12/10/2005 10:18:10 AM PST by dc-zoo
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To: dr_who_2

I always make my own sauce. Tasted bought sauce once and thought it was a dose.


26 posted on 12/10/2005 10:20:05 AM PST by Dustbunny (Main Stream Media -- Making 'Max Headroom' a reality.)
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To: Willie Green

What a speecy spicy shame this is!!


27 posted on 12/10/2005 10:20:25 AM PST by Eagles Talon IV
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To: Willie Green
They do when I cook them.

Hee hee! Just kidding.

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

28 posted on 12/10/2005 10:21:16 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: posterchild

ANNNTHONYYYYY!!!!


29 posted on 12/10/2005 10:22:24 AM PST by Eagles Talon IV
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To: Willie Green

No big loss. I prefer my own sauce thank you very much.


30 posted on 12/10/2005 10:22:53 AM PST by Clemenza (Free minds, Free markets, Free society)
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To: 1rudeboy
OMG! In-sourced jobs were outsourced? Oh, the humanity!
Maybe European and Japanese companies know what American companies don't...Manufacture where the consumer lives.
31 posted on 12/10/2005 10:28:27 AM PST by lewislynn (Fairtax= lies, hope, wishful thinking and conjecture.)
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To: Willie Green
But cotton and alfalfa don't taste quite as good on your spaghetti or pizza.

Alfalfa tastes much better than tomatoes, you just have to process it into a steer first.

32 posted on 12/10/2005 10:28:35 AM PST by HoustonCurmudgeon (I will not support evil just because "It's the Law.")
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To: Willie Green

Stockton to Merced is about 65 miles.


33 posted on 12/10/2005 10:29:58 AM PST by Old Professer (Fix the problem, not the blame!)
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To: Libloather

Prego Chunky Garden! Our family's favorite.


34 posted on 12/10/2005 10:30:31 AM PST by agrarianlady
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To: Willie Green

"Pronto hablarán español en Owensboro, KY."

De veras...


35 posted on 12/10/2005 11:09:10 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: 1rudeboy

Actually these jobs were out-sauced. It's a fine distinction, but I think most of us can wrap our noodle around it.


36 posted on 12/10/2005 12:01:58 PM PST by seowulf
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To: cmsgop

The Big "You Know I'd Go From Rags to Riches" Ragu
From Bags to ..nevermind (LaVerne Defazio best friend of Rosie
O Dognut"


37 posted on 12/10/2005 1:02:32 PM PST by joesnuffy (A camel once bit my sister-we knew just what to do- gather large rocks & squash her-Mullet Ho'mar)
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To: Willie Green

Thank God! RAGU is absolutely the worst-tasting spaghetti sauce on the market.


38 posted on 12/10/2005 1:04:39 PM PST by Palladin (There ain't nobody here but us chickens. (Senate Dems Theme Song))
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To: posterchild

OUCH! That was bad...really bad. ;)


39 posted on 12/10/2005 1:06:35 PM PST by Palladin (There ain't nobody here but us chickens. (Senate Dems Theme Song))
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To: Palladin

The best tasting Tomato sauce I'v had is from Christiano's in Syosset Longisland.
Billy Joel's song, scenes from an Italian restuarant was written about Christiano's.
The guy who made the tomato sauce has been at Christiano's for like 35 years.


40 posted on 12/10/2005 1:36:38 PM PST by BlueSky194
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