The restaurant business is a hard one. The profit margins are thin, the employee base is hard to wrangle, and you usually have to take on a ton of debt because it's so expensive to open a location. As a result, the difference between success and failure is razor thin. A few bad Yelp reviews can do it. So can customers "getting bored." Or tiny changes in the broader economy (read more on Ohio specfically here). Here [...]
Michigan suddenly loses another plant as recession fears spiral
More rough news out of Michigan, as if the state needed anymore. After a string of factory closures, many directly linked to tariffs… And with the national economy rapidly declining… Unfortunately, another plant has just been forced to close, at the cost of 75 jobs. More specifically, CNC Logistics just closed its plant in Walker, Michigan. CNC is a logistics partner for Amazon. There’s real logic to all of [...]
Tyson Foods closes another factory and fires everyone – more could follow soon
The US meatpacking industry is in a crisis, no doubt about that. With factory closings sweeping the US and thousands of layoffs denting the already fragile economy… It’s clear that these losses aren’t limited to any one meatpacker - it’s impacting all of them, from Tyson Foods, to Purdue to Butterball. And unfortunately, Tyson recently closed yet another factory - this time in Emporia, Kansas, at the cost of 800 [...]
90% of Americans impacted as Walmart caves to Trump
Arguably President Trump's most high-profile appointment was Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Since the FDA falls under Health and Human Services, RFK, Jr. has been using the agency to compel major food and drink companies to voluntarily move away from petroleum-based artificial dyes by the end of 2027. It's been very effective so far with companies including Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo, [...]
19 stores across Texas go bankrupt on the same day as economic crisis accelerates
The bad news keeps piling up in Texas. Factories keep closing across the state… The difficulties have even spread to grocery stores, which are shutting down too… And now even restaurants are taking it on the chin. In fact, 19 restaurants across Texas just declared bankruptcy. Razzoo’s Cajun Cafe, which operates those 19 restaurants (plus one more in another state), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on [...]
Missouri braces for 3 incoming plant shutdowns announced on the same day
Missouri’s been having bad news on the employment front all year. There have been several factory closures… Followed by still more factory closures… And unfortunately, the next wave of plant shutdowns to impact Missouri is taking shape…and it could be even worse. More specifically, General Mills just announced plans to close three plants across the state: We don’t yet have any word on how many hardworking [...]
