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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Mon May 7, 2012, 05:37 PM May 2012

BPI Closing 3 Plants, Blaming 'Pink Slime' Uproar [View all]

(05-07) 15:11 PDT DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. (AP) --

A South Dakota beef company says it plans to close processing plants in three states because of the controversy surrounding a product that critics have dubbed "pink slime."

Beef Products Inc. spokesman Rich Jochum said Monday that 650 jobs will be lost when it closes its plants in Amarillo, Texas; Garden City, Kansas; and Waterloo Iowa. The closures will be effective May 25.

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BPI Closing 3 Plants, Blaming 'Pink Slime' Uproar [View all] Purveyor May 2012 OP

Alas... arcane1 May 2012 #1

supply and demand Generic Other May 2012 #2

Anyone notice the price of ground beef products lately? eom Purveyor May 2012 #7

This piece of crap should have been buried years ago. Wellstone ruled May 2012 #3

I doubt they're all hispanic arcane1 May 2012 #4

This is bullshit randr May 2012 #5

Reduced ROI = Layoffs. Ikonoklast May 2012 #6