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Campbell Soup Shutting Down Sacramento Plant; 700 Jobs Being Cut
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Campbell Soup plant in Sacramento is closing as of July 2013 as the company says it is taking steps to “improve supply chain productivity,” according to a company release.
Employees were told of the closure during a 6 a.m. meeting Thursday at the plant.
“We employ about 700 people at the Sacramento plant and unfortunately those jobs will be eliminated,” said Campbell Soup Company spokesperson Anthony Sanzio. “This is a tough day for the company, for the employees. No one likes to do this.”
The company says the Sacramento plant, built in 1947, is the oldest in its network and has the highest production costs on a per-case basis.
Many of the employees at the plant have worked there their entire lives, and several told CBS13 they had no idea what they’d do next.
“This is devastating, really devastating,” worker Valerie Starr said. “A lot of us have been working here for years and we’re at that age where it’s hard to find other jobs.”
h/t Huckleberry
Anonymous
September 28th, 2012
Would like to know what % of these folks will vote for the sodomite thug.
Livin on Winchell-Mahoney Time
September 28th, 2012
Guess I’m lucky to have changed employers every few years until I became self employed. I can’t imagine how hard it might floor somebody who has worked at one place for decades and then gets a pink slip because some damn fool screwed up the economy so bad there is no recovery in sight.
beachmom
September 28th, 2012
Their mayor is a dem.
Michelle Rhee’s husband as a matter of fact.
OpenTheDoor
September 28th, 2012
Tell me again just how great unions are?
Sarge
September 28th, 2012
More victims in Obama’s economy.
Corona
September 28th, 2012
“has the highest production costs on a per-case basis”
ie. mega union salaries, mega bennies, mega healthcare.
(clutching pearls) – “Oh whatever shall we do?!”
Smoke Fire
September 28th, 2012
Wonder what the over/under will be if the MSM reports this story. Last night Fox reported it, so chances are good that everyone else will ignore it.
Maudie N Mandeville
September 28th, 2012
Now even soup kitchens are gone under the obama economy! What the hell is left?
Buy guns.
Dr. Tar
September 28th, 2012
65 year old food processing plant that’s not efficient enough or are fewer people choosing Campbell’s products.
Either way the Prez is sure to show up there and promimse to keep the plant open another 100 years if only he can get re-elected.
Col. Angus
September 28th, 2012
Old Campbell’s slogan from the 60′s:
“Campbell’s Soup, mmm,mmm,good”
Fast forward 50 yrs.:
“Barack Hussein Obama, mmm,mmm,mmm”
hanoverfist
September 28th, 2012
How hard can it be to suck water out of the Americana River,add 1000mg of sodium,and put it in a can?
Stirrin the B.S.
September 28th, 2012
@Hanover – you forget the union rules. For every one person sucking water out of the river, there are three watching and two supervising. Same with the sodium injector.
hanoverfist
September 28th, 2012
^my bad
Goldenfoxx
September 28th, 2012
On top of Campbell’s closing up, Comcast in Sacramento eliminated 1,000 jobs a couple of days ago. It’s not only the business climate in this state that sucks, companies are shedding because of the healthcare cost. The Governor here is a Democrat as well as the majority of legislators. Watch for more of this in the near future.
Carlos The Jackal
September 28th, 2012
Maybe Progresso is kicking their ass because they make a better, less expensive product…
I'm Your Huckleberry
September 28th, 2012
if Solyndra had ONLY perfected their solar panels, then the energy savings would have saved Campbell’s plant in Ca., if they had switched to solar powered products…so Campbell’s only remaining choice for survival was unicorn farts…and we know how that’s gonna work out…
NO SOUP FOR YOU !!!!!
dba_vagabond_trader
September 28th, 2012
Unions + onerous regulations = umm umm bad.
BILL
September 28th, 2012
keep pelosi in office!
pelosi will get right on this misfortune!
oh, wait a minute, every dollar of unemployment returns to the economy over a dollar of benefits, pelosi said so.
pelosi is trying very hard to revive californias economy and every one knows the best way to do that is to have every one unemployed because unemployment dollars expand the economy.
pelosi said so!
vote pelosi!
norman einstein
September 28th, 2012
Gee…that’s too bad.
Especially considering that when Obamascare kicks in, chicken soup will replace actual MEDICINE, since no one will be able to afford it.
I just hope they can still afford “stone soup”.
Menderman
September 28th, 2012
Obama said he would bail them out if they name a soup after him. Here it is:
http://rlv.zcache.com/obama_cream_of_crap_soup_poster-r561b4a17c933416d863219d7895ebc7b_7bet_216.jpg
Billy Fuster
September 28th, 2012
Mmm good, Mmm good–Barack Obama’s socialist economy is Mmm good!
Hybrid Lemon
September 28th, 2012
Preppers must not be buying enough soup.
Hint: Buy the Campbell’s Select Harvest Soup…no water needed unless you want to thin it a little.
Hy Tip #33
Bad Brad
September 28th, 2012
@Goldenfoxx: Also Waste Management Systems, 1100 jobs. Not to mention earlier in the year we lost an Intel build to Oregon. California was going to put them thru the standard 2 year environmental impact study, Oregon called them up and said, Start digging. Gone. And they still don’t get it.
judgeroybean
September 28th, 2012
Heart goes out to those who’ve lost their jobs. But it’s hard to feel sorry for fools and idiots who keep reelecting democrats. How long before the MSM blames all those California job losses on Bain Capital or Bush…
Noelegy
September 28th, 2012
Wasn’t Campbell’s in the news some time back for putting on their packaging that their soups were halal certified?
Maybe their bottom line is feeling the effect of consumer reaction to that.
mkultra
September 28th, 2012
The California parasites have killed another host.
Jeff
September 28th, 2012
I remember when Campbell’s Soup used to sponsor Lassie. But that was in the bad old days of Black and White TV, when the programming on Sunday nights was safe for the entire family to watch.
jwm
September 28th, 2012
Who cares about jobs? California is all about saving the environment, and kissing union ass.
Texas Please Invade!
JWM
serfer62
September 28th, 2012
Expensive operation?
I thought they finally used up the chicken!
Corona
September 28th, 2012
Campbells’ Cream of Delta Smelt.
The Finisher
September 28th, 2012
No Halal food for me and mine!
I make my own soup!
Michael W Perkins
October 1st, 2012
Campbells Cream of Unemployment soup….. Needs a warhol sendoff eh fur?