Rich's is shutting down a food manufacturing plant in Fridley and laying off 170 workers starting this fall, the company recently informed the state.
The New York-based, family-owned packaged food maker did not specify a reason for the closure in its notice to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.
But Allie Friedman, a spokeswoman for Rich's, said in a statement the company has already communicated to its workforce it's "consolidating production of the products made in Fridley across our U.S. manufacturing network."
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