Multiple sources were reporting on Wednesday afternoon that Johnsonville Sausage Company will shut down its Meadowside facility by the end of this year. Meadowside is one of three units on the Johnsonville campus, and the other two; the Countryside and Riverside facilities, will remain fully operational according to statements made by the company to the online site BizTimes.com.
That report relates that the company hopes to keep as many of the 390 affected workers as possible, and that a stay-on bonus is being offered to employees who remain with Johnsonville through the end of this June.
The closure announcement follows Johnsonville’s earlier acquisition of Denmark, Wisconsin-based Salm Partners, which manufactures fully-cooked sausage and hot dogs. That acquisition brought two Denmark-based production plants under the Johnsonville umbrella, and according to Wednesday’s announcement, Johnsonville will be transitioning some of its ready-to-eat production to Salm throughout 2024.
Johnsonville CEO told BizTimes.com that “…it’s not lost on us how a plant closing is distressing for our members to hear”, and that they are “…working diligently to retain as many of our valued members as we can in other roles here in Sheboygan (County) and across our manufacturing network.”
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