As if you needed more proof that we could be headed for a recession... And if all the Virginia factory shutdowns weren't sign enough... Nightingale Ice Cream just announced that they're cancelling their plans to expand to a new facility in Richmond, Virginia. The planned move and expansion, originally announced in May, carried a hefty price tag of $5.8 million and was paired with plans to expand Nightingale's [...]
Florida loses another grocery store as job losses pile up
Florida has had a tough year so far - no doubt about it. With a series of painful factory closures… Plus a weak tourism season that has helped kill a number of restaurants… Florida could really use some good news on the jobs front. Instead, another grocery store is closing - Food Giant in Woodville permanently closed last month. Grocery stores have always been low-margin businesses even in the best of [...]
Jack Daniel’s abruptly closes factory and fires 210 employees as alcohol market tanks
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 [...]
