Edwardsville, Illinois-based Prairie Farms Dairy, a dairy coorperative that receives milk from producers and converts it into milk-based products, including cheese, butter, ice cream, sour cream, cottage cheese, various dips, yogurt, and fluid milk, has announced the closing of its Birminham facility located in Homewood, Alabama along with its substations and other facilities located in Birmingham, Montgomery, Smith Station, Tallassee, Troy, Gadsden, Tuscaloosa and Anniston, along with four Georgia substations located in Valdosta, Macon, Tifton, and McDonough.
The closure will affect at least 100 employees commencing July 31, 2021, with a few employees retained until plant closure on August 31, 2021. 31.
Prairie Farms' Homewood plant was acquired in 2020 as part of the Dean Foods Bankruptcy.
The decision appears to be an economic one driven by competition, consumer demand, and transportation costs.
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