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Conover snack plant plans Dec. 18 shutdown, eliminating 93 jobs
The Powered by FTGU facility in Conover is scheduled to close permanently, with 93 employees set to lose their jobs. A company executive’s letter to state officials did not give a reason for the closure.
CONOVER, N.C. — A snack plant on Somerset Drive is scheduled to close permanently Dec. 18, eliminating 93 jobs, according to a letter from a company executive to North Carolina officials dated Oct. 19.
The facility operates under Powered by FTGU, the From the Ground Up brand within the Our Home snack business. Its products include chips, crackers and pretzels.
The letter did not explain why the Conover plant is closing. The planned layoffs are set to take effect less than a week before Christmas.
Our Home has also shut down several plants in recent months, including facilities in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Las Vegas. No further details about the Conover closure were provided.