This audio is automatically created. Please let me know if there is feedback.
Diving Briefs:
- DEL MONTE FOODS closed two warehouses in the processing factory and Yakima, Washington, to produce and store fruits including pears and cherries.
- According to the Washington state warning, 51 workers and 448 seasonal staff will be affected by closure.
- Carissa Sauer, a senior manager of corporate communication of DEL MONTE FOODS, said, “The closed was closed to adjust the consumer demand and adjust the business.”
Dive Insights:
According to a warning notice, the “expected start date” in this area is August 8, and DEL MONTE said that fruits will not be packed for 2025 seasons in the Yakima facility.
Dell Montte’s decision means last year’s second main closure of canned vegetables and fruit cup companies. Early 2024 Facilities closed in Washington and Wisconsin In the “reset of consumer behavior”.
Since then, inflation has continued to be high, and as economic uncertainty has increased, consumers have reduced the purchase amount. Some companies this year Pepsiko,,, Post holding,,, Conagra brand and JM Smucker.
Companies, such as DEL MONTE FOODS, can apply pressure as the steel tariffs presented by the Trump administration are expected to increase the price of canned food. Conagra is a tomato manufacturer of Hunt last week. Relieves the impact of steel tariffs on cans CAMPBELL’s company, which imports Tinplate Steel as a can, said TRADE HIDWINDS. Can cut out with it Fiscal year income.
Yakima plants mainly produce canned ships as well as cherry and apples. Last winter, historical deep freeze has been reduced. Pear production on the northwest It is close to a third of the five -year average.
