Quaker Oaks plant in Danville, IL closing - 510 jobs gone from the heartland
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Is it just me or are the grocery stores shelves starting to get bare?
Mine look full stocked still.
...will become more apparent in the upcoming months
No. It's not just you.
Oats don't ripen at the same time like soybeans .so they spray it w roundup to facilitate ripening
They had pesticide in the oatmeal.
Chromoquat
This is not surprising when you view all of the crap in oats manufactured in the U.S., as compared to Europe. Also removing Aunt Jemima’s pic from the pancake mix.
I lived a couple towns away from Danville for a while. Every town was just scraping by, so to lose 10 jobs was a huge setback, let alone 500+.
On the silver lining, we've known about the fragility for decades; so have always been interested in alternatives. You can't rely on the system! Some of us have gotten out, or survived with remote work and other creative approaches. In one sense, it prepared us for this upcoming boom!