US: ConAgra to close Washington state potato site
By: Dean Best | 29 March 2010
US food giant ConAgra Foods is to put a potato processing plant on "indefinite shutdown" from May, a move that could affect 250 jobs.
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US food giant ConAgra Foods is to put a potato processing plant on "indefinite shutdown" from May, a move that could affect 250 jobs.
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