#Lodi CA based Pacific Coast Producers to take over Del Monte / S&W cannery brands after #DelMonte filed for #bankruptcy on July 1st and no one wanted #Modesto #cannery
According to the Modesto Bee, the Del Monte cannery employed about 600 fulltime and another 1200 seasonal #workers.
Daniel Bays, president of the #Apricot Producers of #California, told the Bee that Del Monte canned as much as 7,000 tons of the #fruit 25 years ago but was down to 465 tons last year.
info RE: the #chapter11 process is available at http://cases.stretto.com/DelMonteFoods.
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