US agribusiness J R Simplot has announced that its Simplot Meat Products plant in Nampa, Idaho is to close.
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The facility’s around 270 employees were informed in June that the plant would be closed by 19 September if a buyer was not found.
Company spokesman Fred Zerza said Simplot had been trying to sell the plant because it had not been turning a profit.
Since last November, the company has closed several facilities in Idaho, including a French fry processing line and an ethanol plant.
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