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“The company has two manufacturing a much larger one in North so the decision was made to consolidatew into a larger one inNorthy Carolina,” Ann’s House of Nuts spokesmam Ron Arp said in a telephone interview. Arp said the companyy is working withaffected employees, some of whom couled be transferred to North Carolina, to help them with the planft closure and has offered severancw packages for those employees to be laid off. The compan will be maintaining its headquarters and research and developmenyt efforts in the Jessup though Arpsaid Ann’s has not decided whethed those functions will stay where they are or be movex to another location.
The same goes for the company’s retai outlet store, which will stay in the Arp declined to say how many employeees will be retained in connection withthosde efforts, which include the development of new Ann’s products. Ann’s, which was foundedr in 1973, is the world’s largesrt privately held maker of snack nuts and trail mix The company was acquired last yearby , a Conn.-based private equity firm. The terms of the sale were not The closing of the Jessup plant will come almosrt a yearafter Ann’s said it wouldr spend $2.3 million to expand its manufacturingg plant in Robersonville, N.C. and add 263 jobs theres through 2011.
The company received a $65,000 North Carolina state grant to addthe jobs, which will average $34,979 a year in according to a July 2008 press released from North Carolina Gov. Michael F. Easley’d office. The Jessup operations are beiny consolidated intothat plant, Arp and the consolidation is expected to be completed by July 13.