Hormel to End Bacon Production at Tucker, Georgia, Plant; Lay Off 135
Hormel Foods will lay off 135 workers at its Tucker, Ga., facility, according to news reports citing a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice.
Hormel has decided to stop producing bacon at the facility due to the age of the equipment there and the investment that would be required to upgrade it, a company spokesperson was cited as saying. Bacon production would shift to other Hormel facilities from the Tucker plant, which was built in 1969.
The Tucker plant also produces Hormel chili and Dinty Moore stew, employing 400 workers, according to the report. The layoffs will begin on Oct. 26, 2025, and will be completed within two weeks. The company expects laid-off workers to be eligible for severance pay.
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Andy Hanacek
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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.