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Hickory ice cream plant to close
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Published: September 5, 2008
HICKORY - A Hickory ice cream plant that employs 120 people will close.
Texas-based Dean Foods Co. announced Friday that it will end operations at its Land O Sun ice cream plant in Hickory by late November.
The plant, doing business as Pet Dairy, is on U.S. 70, SW, and primarily makes ice cream.
A Dean Foods spokesman said the plant is being closed in an effort to optimize the company's supply chain in an increasingly competitive environment. Production will shift to other Dean Foods plants.
The Hickory plant's last day of production is scheduled for Nov. 21.
Dean Foods said affected employees at the Hickory plant will receive severance and benefits extension. Information about available job opportunities throughout the Dean Foods network will be shared with the employees, the company said.
Dean Foods is the largest processor and distributor of dairy products in the United States.
It sells milk, ice cream and other dairy products under more than 50 regional brands and private labels.
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