Rich Products to Close Fridley, Minnesota, Facility

July 23, 2024

The plant was acquired in February 2020 from TreeHouse Foods and will shut down by the end of the year to help Rich’s improve operations efficiency.

Andy Hanacek

According to local news reports, Rich Products Corp. will close its Fridley, Minn., processing facility — a plant the company acquired four years ago from TreeHouse Foods.

The closure will affect nearly 200 workers, with layoffs beginning for approximately 170 of them on Sept. 13, 2024. The plant is slated to shut down operations entirely by the end of this calendar year.

Rich’s told the local news outlet that the company was making the move to improve its operations efficiency, and that it would provide severance, career assistance and job resources to employees impacted by the shutdown.

Rich Products Corp. will continue to operate facilities in Motley and Eagan, Minn., the company also said.

The Fridley facility came over to Rich’s in February 2020 along with a Lodi, Calif., processing plant from TreeHouse Foods, at which time the company also acquired Rizzuto Foods and Morey’s Seafood.

About the Author

Andy Hanacek | Senior Editor

Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.