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Tyson Foods To Close Two Pennsylvania Plants, Laying Off 229 Workers Tyson Foods To Close Two Pennsylvania Plants, Laying Off 229 Workers
Tyson Foods To Close Two Pennsylvania Plants, Laying Off 229 Workers Tyson Foods will permanently close two Philadelphia facilities, affecting 229 employees, according to a WARN notice filed by the company. The closures include the Original Philly Cooked Plant at 4001 North American Street and the Original Philly Raw Plant at 520 East Huntington Park Avenue, both located in Philadelphia. The plants, which employ 110 and 119 workers respectively, will shut down operations effective Jan. 31, 2025. The layoffs come as part of Tyson Foods' restructuring efforts, though further details about the closures have not been disclosed. According to the Worker Adjustmen…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
Marriott Plans To Lay Off Over 800 Corporate Employees Marriott Plans To Lay Off Over 800 Corporate Employees
Marriott Plans To Lay Off Over 800 Corporate Employees Global hotel chain Marriott International is planning to lay off hundreds of employees by the start of the new year. According to a Maryland Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing, the company, based in Bethesda, listed 833 people slated to lose their jobs by Wednesday, Jan. 3. Despite the development, Chief Executive Officer Anthony Capuano said business is solid. "Our business momentum is excellent, and as a company that embraces change, we continue to evolve our business to support our global growth," Capuano said in a third-quarter earnings call late last month,…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Hearst Lays Off Around 200 Employees From Magazine Division Hearst Lays Off Around 200 Employees From Magazine Division
Hearst Lays Off Around 200 Employees From Magazine Division Hearst Magazines has just fired around 200 employees, most of whom were assigned to the company's midtown Manhattan headquarters, according to multiple reports. Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Men's Health, Popular Mechanics, Town & Country, and Harper's Bazaar are among the titles the division of Hearts Communications publishes. Affected employees were notified in a private meeting days before Thanksgiving, according to New York Magazine. Some of the Hearst publications :were already run by a skeleton crew" after years of downsizing, the report in New York said.

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
WATCH: Trump Runs McDonald's Fryer, Driver-Thru Window In Pennsylvania WATCH: Trump Runs McDonald's Fryer, Driver-Thru Window In Pennsylvania
Watch: Trump Runs McDonald's Fryer, Driver-Thru Window In Pennsylvania Ahead of a townhall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Former President Donald Trump stopped by a Bucks County McDonald's where he worked the drive-through and fry station on Sunday, Oct. 20.  The Republican candidate for US President sported an apron at the Feasterville-Trevose McDonald's to work the fryer and fill orders at the drive-thru window. The whole scene is Trump continuing to claim at Vice President Kamala Harris's assertion that she once worked a summer job at McDonald's while attending Howard University is not true.  "I’ve now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala," Trump …

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
Ocean State Job Lot Opening In Montco Ocean State Job Lot Opening In Montco
Ocean State Job Lot Opening In Montco Ocean State Job Lot, the region’s premier discount retail chain, will open a new store in Pottstown in the fall.  The new location will be the chain’s 11th store in Pennsylvania and its second in Montgomery County. Located at 799 N. State Street in the Pottstown Plaza, the leased location will provide nearly 40,000 square feet of shopping space for customers. The store will be located within the space previously vacated by GIANT food store, where Grocery Outlet opened earlier this year.  "We are so pleased to announce our newest store location in Pennsylvania,” said John Brown, D…

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by Jon Craig
Business
L.L. Bean Hiring For New Store In Central PA L.L. Bean Hiring For New Store In Central PA
L.L. Bean Hiring For New Store In Central PA Calling all outdoor enthusiasts! Finally, Central Pennsylvania fans of L.L. Bean will be able to shop and work at the iconic outdoor gear company.  L.L. Bean announced on June 24, that it is slated to open one of its three new locations in the Mechanicsburg area in the Silver Springs Plaza in the fall of 2024.  This will be the four L.L. Bean in Pennsylvania, as the company already has stores in Center Valley, King of Prussia, and Pittsburgh.  The Maine-based chain is also opening its first location in Indiana and a branch in Connecticut this fall.  The century-old bus…

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by Jillian Pikora