{"id":3705,"date":"2024-10-09T06:37:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T06:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hectorkott.com\/?p=3705"},"modified":"2024-10-09T06:37:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T06:37:26","slug":"mcdonalds-french-fries-supplier-abruptly-closes-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hectorkott.com\/?p=3705","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s french fries supplier abruptly closes factory"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lamb Weston is one of the biggest french fries producers in North American and a supplier for McDonald\u2019s (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A major french fries supplier for McDonald\u2019s<\/a> has suddenly shuttered a plant and cut jobs.<\/p>\n

Lamb Weston, which is the biggest french fries makers in North America<\/a>, announced last week in an earnings report that it was shuttering its factory in Cornell, Washington. <\/p>\n

Along with the closing, 375 workers representing 4% of its workforce are being laid off. <\/p>\n

The company\u2019s president and CEO, Tom Werner, said that restaurant traffic and the demand for frozen potatoes relative to supply \u2018continue to be soft\u2019 and that he expects it will remain that way through fiscal year 2025.<\/p>\n

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McDonald\u2019s has offered a $5 Meal Deal that includes a small fry order (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Together, we expect these actions will help us better manage our factory utilization rates and ease some of the current supply-demand imbalance in\u00a0North America,\u2019 said Werner in a call, according to FOX Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018We are also taking actions to reduce\u00a0operating expenses, including reducing headcount and eliminating certain unfilled job positions, as well as reducing capital expenditures.\u2019<\/p>\n

Lamb Weston, based in Eagle, Idaho, stated that it does not expect the restructuring to affect supply for customers. <\/p>\n

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The french fries supplier said its factory shuttering will not impact supply to customers (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But the measures are expected to amount to saving for the company and keep it in line for meeting its fiscal targets.<\/p>\n

It is one of numerous companies and fast food <\/a>chains that have been impacted by inflation-hit customers tightening their purse strings.<\/p>\n

McDonald\u2019s this past summer introduced a $5 Meal Deal with a McDouble or McChicken sandwich, four-piece chicken nuggets, an order of small fries and a small fountain drink.<\/p>\n

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The french fries supplier said value meals have not helped boost demand for french fries (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The value meals have not helped reverse the trend of decreased demand for fries, according to Werner. <\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s important to note that many of these promotional meal deals have consumers trading down from a medium fry to a small fry,\u2019 he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Lamb Weston factory closing was announced weeks after Pizza Hut\u2019s largest franchise, EYM Pizza\u00a0L.P., put all 127 of its remaining locations across five US states up for sale <\/a>as it was unable to bounce back from bankruptcy. <\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nFuente: https:\/\/ift.tt\/7PXbDdH
\nPublicado: October 8, 2024 at 05:59PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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