General Mills announced that it has reached a final decision to close its manufacturing facility in Vineland, New Jersey. The company said the facility will close by the first quarter of fiscal 2018. On July 21, the company announced a ...
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General Mills will close its pastry manufacturing facility in Berwick, UK by autumn of 2016. In this regard, the company has completed collective consultation process with employee representatives and union officials in order to arrive at ...
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Nearly all food samples tested by European Union officials in 2013 contained legally acceptable amounts of pesticide residue, according to a recent report. The European Food Safety Authority's latest analysis examined nearly 81,000 ...
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General Mills - the maker of Cheerios, Betty Crocker and Yoplait – is planning to shut two of its plants in Canada and the US in Ontario and Indiana, respectively. The closure is in line with the company's strategy to save around ...
Midweek buying by speculators and some commercial customers helped rhodium recover from a selloff early in the week, leaving price levels virtually unchanged week on week Friday. The Platts New York Dealer rhodium price range narrowed to ...
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According to local reports, US Steel won't sell any of its unused port lands in Hamilton, Ontario to potential competitors, but it will consider proposals from the city. The 3.28-square-kilometer property became available in late 2013 ...
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CCA will move its juicing bottling operations to Adelaide Food and beverage manufacturer Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has announced plans to invest $2.9 million to expand its beverage facility in Adelaide to accommodate juice production. CCA ...
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Toyota Australia is taking urgent action to keep the company at the negotiating table for future investment opportunities and improve its long-term manufacturing viability in this country. The company is seeking a variation of its ...
Toyota Australia employees face an uncertain future, with the local manufacturer announcing it is taking “urgent action” in seeking a variation of the terms and conditions of its workplace agreement. The Port Melbourne-based ...
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Officials from Unite the union are meeting Moy Park management today (March 20) in a bid to save 300 jobs at the firm's Wisbech poultry products factory in Cambridgeshire. Union officials and Moy Park management are meeting today to ...
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Smithfield Packing, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, plans to shift bone-in ham production from its Maryland facility to its other plants in North Carolina and Kentucky, and then permanently shut down the Maryland plant in the mid of this ...
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Workers at Dead Sea Works Ltd have stepped up their campaign against the proposed sale of Israel Chemicals to Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, union officials said on Friday. Dead Sea Works committee chairman Armond Lankry said on state ...
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Electric utility National Grid is still trying to resolve problems with its recently implemented SAP payroll system that cropped up after Hurricane Sandy, the major storm that caused widespread damage on the U.S. East Coast and the ...
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AP reported that a union official representing steelworkers at the shuttered Sparrows Point steel mill reacted angrily to reports key mill equipment has been sold. Mr Joe Rosel, president of a United Steelworkers local in Sparrows Point, ...
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US retailer Save Mart is to hold talks with union officials in a bid to resolve a dispute over cuts being made to staff salaries and health care. Save Mart's offer for discussions follow a union vote in which a majority of members backed ...
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