Closing the plant will impact 863 employees, along with chicken growers, farmers and truckers, among other people in the poultry supply chain.

The portioned protein snacks offer clean-label ingredients for health-conscious consumers.

In the US Retail channel, the company’s largest, the volume of product sold plummeted 34% to 10.5 million lbs, down from 16.1 million lbs the year before.

Smithfield will be closing 35 Missouri hog farms.

Curtis Frank, the chief executive officer for Maple Leaf Foods, said that he expects the facility to ramp up by the end of 2023.

Earlier this year, Tyson announced it would close two other facilities in Van Buren, Ark., and Glen Allen, Va., which were expected to result in approximately 1,700 lost jobs.

According to T&T, the 76,000-square-foot location will be the largest Asian supermarket in Washington and create more than 300 jobs.

The awards went to Amcor’s McCoy dunnage free IBC liners for bulk liquid aseptic products and its Perflex S grab-n-go shrink bags for meat and poultry.

The Pork segment reported net sales of $595 million in the second quarter, about a 10% decrease over the same quarter in 2020, which totaled $663 million. 

Across all its businesses, Pilgrim’s is pushing for improved sustainability, whether through energy savings at production sites, overall emissions-reductions or innovative farming technology.