On the same day the San Jose Mercury News reported on the loss of 600 jobs at a Richmond plant, they had these headlines:
Hundreds of tech and biotech layoffs rattle Bay Area job market
Hundreds of tech-linked job cuts jolt Bay Area, flying car firm fails
Gap slashes 500 corporate jobs in San Francisco, New York in effort to cut costs
Do you think the high taxes, lack of stable energy and water is the cause of this? Maybe the cause is Sacramento taking charge of wages, working conditions and benefits? Or the lack of safety for workers due to Newsom putting as many convicted criminals on the streets as possible, while importing criminals from foreign nations. The cost of security is high due to Democrat policies.
Remember, California unemployment rate is 16% higher than the national average..and worsening.
HelloFresh shuts Richmond meal-kit plant, chops more than 600 jobs
Company is largest meal-kit provider in United States
By GEORGE AVALOS, Bay Area News Group, 10/17/22
On the same day the San Jose Mercury News reported on the loss of 600 jobs at a Richmond plant, they had these headlines:
Hundreds of tech and biotech layoffs rattle Bay Area job market
Hundreds of tech-linked job cuts jolt Bay Area, flying car firm fails
Gap slashes 500 corporate jobs in San Francisco, New York in effort to cut costs
Do you think the high taxes, lack of stable energy and water is the cause of this? Maybe the cause is Sacramento taking charge of wages, working conditions and benefits? Or the lack of safety for workers due to Newsom putting as many convicted criminals on the streets as possible, while importing criminals from foreign nations. The cost of security is high due to Democrat policies.
Remember, California unemployment rate is 16% higher than the national average..and worsening.
HelloFresh shuts Richmond meal-kit plant, chops more than 600 jobs
Company is largest meal-kit provider in United States
By GEORGE AVALOS, Bay Area News Group, 10/17/22
RICHMOND — A company that is the nation’s largest provider of meal kits has decided to permanently close its Richmond plant in a shutdown that will eliminate more than 600 jobs.
HelloFresh, which delivers meal kits that can be quickly prepared and cooked by the consumer of the food, will shut its plant in Richmond, effective on Dec. 11 of this year.
The plant was also the location of a failed unionization effort in December 2021 and a coronavirus outbreak in the summer of 2020 that sickened 171 workers who stated that social distancing was difficult due to the plant’s cramped conditions.
Germany-based HelloFresh, the largest meal-kit service provider in the United States, notified state labor officials in a WARN notice that the company had decided to close the plant and jettison 611 jobs.
“This letter serves to regretfully advise the California Employment Development Department that Grocery Delivery E-Services USA, doing business as HelloFresh, will be undergoing a plant closure at its Richmond facility,” Ana Garcia, senior vice president people with HelloFresh USA, stated in the WARN letter.
The largest job category affected by the WARN notice was listed as a production associate. An estimated 389 production associate jobs were eliminated.
“The plant closure will be permanent,” HelloFresh stated in the WARN notice. The company added, “The affected employees do not have bumping rights and are not represented by a union.”
RICHMOND — A company that is the nation’s largest provider of meal kits has decided to permanently close its Richmond plant in a shutdown that will eliminate more than 600 jobs.
HelloFresh, which delivers meal kits that can be quickly prepared and cooked by the consumer of the food, will shut its plant in Richmond, effective on Dec. 11 of this year.
The plant was also the location of a failed unionization effort in December 2021 and a coronavirus outbreak in the summer of 2020 that sickened 171 workers who stated that social distancing was difficult due to the plant’s cramped conditions.
Germany-based HelloFresh, the largest meal-kit service provider in the United States, notified state labor officials in a WARN notice that the company had decided to close the plant and jettison 611 jobs.
“This letter serves to regretfully advise the California Employment Development Department that Grocery Delivery E-Services USA, doing business as HelloFresh, will be undergoing a plant closure at its Richmond facility,” Ana Garcia, senior vice president people with HelloFresh USA, stated in the WARN letter.
The largest job category affected by the WARN notice was listed as a production associate. An estimated 389 production associate jobs were eliminated.
“The plant closure will be permanent,” HelloFresh stated in the WARN notice. The company added, “The affected employees do not have bumping rights and are not represented by a union.”
