date:Jan 29, 2013
Unilever announced it will close its spreads factory in Atlanta on June 30 to address spare capacity among the companys other U.S.-based spreads plants.
The decision affects 125 employees at the Atlanta factory, where Country Crock, Imperial, and I Cant Believe Its Not Butter products are manufactured.
After a string of divestures that included its frozen meal brands to ConAgra Foods, Inc., and Skippy peanut butter to Hormel Food Corp., London-based Unilever P.L.C.s food business has been re