UPDATED with a statement from Utz Foods Vice President Kevin Brick: “Notably, the Golden Flake brand remains an important part of Utz’s portfolio, and our product offerings and partnerships under this banner are not changing.'
Utz Brands has announced it is closing the company’s Golden Flake Birmingham manufacturing facility in July.
The decision means about 175 employees will be laid off from the 275 member workforce. About 100 will remain in distribution operations.. Pre-tax cash charges of approximately $3 million to $5 million are expected to be incurred because of the closure. In a statement, Utz Foods Vice President Kevin Brick said Utz “made the difficult decision to permanently close our manufacturing operations” in Birmingham.
“Notably, the Golden Flake brand remains an important part of Utz’s portfolio, and our product offerings and partnerships under this banner are not changing,” Brick said.Utz Quality Foods, based in Hanover, Penn., purchased Golden Enterprises, Golden Flake’s parent company, in 2016 for $141 million.
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