Three major food processors recently announced the closures of two plants each, though the reasons for the shutdowns varied.
General Mills blamed sagging sales of Mexican food ingredients for the March 8 closing of its Anthony, Texas, sauce and ingredients plant. The facility employed 213. Tom Jagiela, vice president of manufacturing, cited the need to consolidate production in the Feb. 22 closing of a Pillsbury frozen breakfast food plant in suburban Chicago. The three-year-old Geneva, Ill., facility employed 119.