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Article: Emerald Valley Kitchen closing its Eugene plant.(Business)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- August 15, 2009
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Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard
Soon nothing will be cooking at Emerald Valley Kitchen in Eugene.
Kettles of the company's spicy salsas and bean dips instead will simmer at a plant in Kent, Wash.
Monterey Gourmet Foods, Emerald Valley Kitchen's corporate parent in Salinas, Calif., said Friday that it will close the Eugene plant on Sept. 4, putting 25 employees out of work. Monterey will shift the work to its new 75,000-square-foot plant in Kent, which opened in October.
The Register-Guard reported in December that closure of the Eugene plant was a strong possibility.
On Friday, Monterey CEO Eric Eddings said ...