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Article: PASSAIC'S MEXICAN FOOD DISTRIBUTORS HURTING
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- June 18, 2009
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ALEXANDER MacINNES, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-18-2009
PASSAIC'S MEXICAN FOOD DISTRIBUTORS HURTING -- Recession takes its toll
By ALEXANDER MacINNES, STAFF WRITER
Date: 06-18-2009, Thursday
Section: LOCAL
Edtion: Passaic edition
PASSAIC Mexican food distributors, the city's economic "backbone," are reeling, being forced to trim workforce and cut production in the face of a sharp decline in consumer spending.
La Flor Mexicana, one of the larger companies, early this year closed its doors. Oaxaca Mexican Products Inc. and Puebla Foods each are streamlining their operations through layoffs and furloughs as business has fallen off as much as 25 percent.
These entrepreneurs, who ...