CANADA CHEESE COMPANY CLOSES CANADIAN PLANTS
March 1st, 2007
BY MONICA DOBIE, in OttawaCANADA'S largest dairy processor Saputo Inc has announced it will close two plants and cuts 144 jobs to consolidate its Canadian manufacturing operations. A Vancouver cheese plant will close March 31, while a cutting and wrapping plant near Montreal will shut down on June 2. Saputo has also closed cheese plants in Ontario and Indiana, in the United States, during the past year to cut costs. North America's fifth largest cheese producer, Saputo has 8,500 employees in Canada, the US and Argentina with 46 plants worldwide. It is also a big ...
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