As if the whiskey industry (or the state of Kentucky, for that matter) needed any more bad news. With so many Kentucky distilleries closing recently... It unfortunately sense that, at some point, the rest of the whiskey supply chain would be impacted. So it's no surprise that Jack Daniel's parent company Brown-Forman has closed its cooperage (barrel-making plant) in Louisville, Kentucky earlier this year. No [...]
Illinois braces for 2 incoming factory shutdowns with 110 jobs lost
Illinois has had a rough 2025. It's been plagued by factory shutdowns as inflation, the trade war, and an increasingly sluggish economy have taken a big toll. And unfortunately - it looks like the pain is just beginning for Illinois. Two more companies have announced incoming factory closures - TreeHouse Foods in Chicago and Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) in Bushnell. TreeHouse Foods' factory shutdown is slated to [...]
McDonald’s abruptly closes 5 restaurants as recession fears mount
The economic slowdown that has engulfed states like Texas has taken a real toll. Factories are closing... Chain restaurants like Dairy Queen are taking it on the chin... And even McDonald's is suffering - to such an extent that corporate took the unusual step of closing five stores (four in Texas, one in Illinois) recently. These stores were all part of the CosMc's brand, which was a test McDonald's launched in [...]
Layoffs hit 13 companies across California as unemployment crisis spirals
California’s extensive factory closures seem to capture all the headlines… And given the overall collapse of American manufacturing since the tariffs hit - you can see why. But the fact is that lots of companies in California are unfortunately doing layoffs as the economy slows and trade war uncertainty grows. And that goes double for California’s food industry, which has always operated with narrow margins that are [...]
42 pharmacies across Pennsylvania abruptly shut down as economic crisis spirals
Pennsylvania is having a rough 2025. With factories closing left and right… People have been yearning for good news. Instead, they get hit with the Rite Aid bankruptcy - which has led to the total closure of 42 pharmacies across Pennsylvania. Rite Aid is planning to close or sell every pharmacy as it winds down operations, so it’s no surprise that the losses are so widespread throughout [...]
7 states poised to lose the most from China’s $12.8 billion soybean boycott
Soybean farming is big business - a $50 billion or more business, to be precise, and the second largest US cash crop, after corn. (In fact, soybeans are the largest exported crop, with a value of $28 billion.) At least, that’s how it was last year. Unfortunately, one of the largest buyers of US soybeans worldwide has so far purchased zero US soybeans since the launch of the trade war. (As if US farms needed more [...]
