Fort Worth, Texas-based Seville Farms, a grower of high-quality annuals, perennials, ground covers, and a supplier of greenhouse management software, has announced a mass layoff and/or plant closing of three of its locations as it attempts to sell the company.
The layoffs has impacted 227 employees at farm locations near Winona, Texas, Los Fresnos, Texas, and Mansfield, Texas.
According to the company's President and CEO, Billy Brentlinger, "Three facilities are still in operation. Seville Farms is working to sell the company and save as many jobs as possible. Workers are still at those sites, but he said he couldn't say how many. We are still open; we're shipping. The sites still have inventory that is being sold as Seville is operating as an ongoing business."
The decision was driven by the loss of a key customer and market factors. While the customer was not identified, "the wholesale greenhouse and nursery business produces floral products for several large retailers such as Walmart and Home Depot."
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