Conagra Brands will close one of its oldest plants, a Fennville, Mich., facility that apparently made Birds Eye frozen vegetables. 85 people will be laid off.
A Conagra statement, carried by TV station WZZM in Grand Rapids, Mich., said the facility will close by the end of June.
The Fennville city administrator said the location began nearly 100 years ago as Michigan Fruit Canners.
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Dave Fusaro has served as editor in chief of Food Processing magazine since 2003. Dave has 30 years experience in food & beverage industry journalism and has won several national ASBPE writing awards for his Food Processing stories. Dave has been interviewed on CNN, quoted in national newspapers and he authored a 200-page market research report on the milk industry. Formerly an award-winning newspaper reporter who specialized in business writing, he holds a BA in journalism from Marquette University. Prior to joining Food Processing, Dave was Editor-In-Chief of Dairy Foods and was Managing Editor of Prepared Foods.