2025 is not shaping up to be a great year for Tennessee. After a wave of recent factory closures has left workers across the state without jobs... Unfortunately, the pain looks likely to continue. More specifically, Tennessee is preparing for another blow to its manufacturing base as DeRoyal Industries announced plans to close its LaFollette facility, resulting in 153 confirmed layoffs. The medical and packaging [...]
Iconic Tennessee whiskey brand on the brink after $100 million debt default
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey — once celebrated as the fastest-growing whiskey in America — is now facing its toughest challenge yet. The Tennessee-based distiller, founded to honor the legacy of Nathan “Nearest” Green, the formerly enslaved man who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey, has been placed under court-ordered receivership after reportedly defaulting on more than $100 million in loans. From rise to [...]
California loses another factory with 127 confirmed layoffs as unemployment crisis spirals
California really could have used some good news for once. After a series of lost factories have shaken the state economy...unfortunately, we can now add another recent loss to the pile. More specifically, California has lost another foothold in the packaging industry as a longtime manufacturing plant in Bakersfield has recently closed, bringing an end to more than a hundred jobs tied to food and beverage packaging [...]
Texas faces 200+ more lost manufacturing jobs by Christmas as economic woes multiply
Texas has had a rough 2025, and it unfortunately only looks like it's getting worse. After a truly painful wave of factory losses earlier this year... It looks like we're in for another. More specifically, a major food-processing facility in Texas is preparing to close, marking another hit for the state’s manufacturing workforce as the year draws to an end. Flagstone Foods, the company behind the Emerald Nuts [...]
Missouri braces for 4 incoming factory closures as unemployment woes spiral
Missouri is having a rough year, for sure. Fresh off a wave of factory closures that have left the state economy in what we can probably charitably describe as a "tailspin"... Missouri is bracing for the next wave of lost jobs, tax revenue, and economic dynamism as another four factories have announced plans to close. The one thing tying all four of these factories together is that they're all part of the food [...]
North Carolina faces another factory shutdown before 2026 as economic worries spiral
As if North Carolina needed more bad economic news right now. Especially after the recent painful loss of hundreds of jobs as a whole wave of factories has gone dark... North Carolina is preparing for yet another significant blow to its manufacturing base as a longstanding packaging facility will shut its doors later this year, placing more than a hundred jobs on the line. Packaging Corporation of America announced it [...]
