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This photo shows a logo of a McDonald's restaurant in Havertown, Pa., on April 26, 2022. A report says McDonald’s has closed its U.S. offices for a few days as the company prepares to inform employees about layoffs. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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McDonald's temporarily closes US offices ahead of layoffs
By DEE-ANN DURBIN - AP Business Writer
Mon,04/03/23-1:18AM , 26 Reads
McDonald’s has closed its U.S. offices through Wednesday and told its corporate staff to work remotely as it prepares to announce a round of layoffs.
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A Tyson food product is seen in Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 18, 2011. On Tuesday, March 14, 2023, Tyson Foods announced that the company is closing two facilities that employ more than 1,600 people in an effort to streamline its U.S. poultry business. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

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Tyson to close poultry facilities in Virginia, Arkansas
By DEE-ANN DURBIN - AP Business Writer
Tue,03/14/23-10:38AM , 78 Reads
Tyson Foods is closing two facilities that employ more than 1,600 people in an effort to streamline its U.S. poultry business.

The company said Tuesday it plans to close its processing, broiler and hatching operations in Glen Allen, Virginia, and a plant in Van Buren, Arkansas. Both closures are scheduled for May 12.
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This image provided by The Hershey Company shows the company's new plant-based Reese's peanut butter cups. Hershey said Tuesday, March 7, 2023, that Reese’s plant-based peanut butter cups will be its first plant-based chocolate sold nationally when they go on sale in March. A second vegan offering, Hershey’s plant-based extra creamy with almonds and sea salt, will follow in April. (The Hershey Company via AP)

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Coming soon: Reese's Cups, chocolate bars made from plants
By DEE-ANN DURBIN - AP Business Writer
Tue,03/07/23-8:08AM , 58 Reads
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are getting the vegan treatment.

The Hershey Co. said Tuesday that Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups, which go on sale this month, will be its first vegan chocolates sold nationally. A second plant-based offering, Hershey’s Plant Based Extra Creamy with Almonds and Sea Salt, will follow in April.
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A Tyson Foods, Inc., truck is parked at a food warehouse on Oct. 28, 2009, in Little Rock, Ark. Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members filed a lawsuit against the Arkansas-based company Monday, March 6, 2023, saying it failed to take appropriate precautions during the early days of the COVID pandemic. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

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Arkansas Tyson workers sue over lack of COVID protections
By DEE-ANN DURBIN - AP Business Writer
Mon,03/06/23-5:55PM , 98 Reads
Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members filed a lawsuit against the company Monday, saying it failed to take appropriate precautions at its meat-packing plants during the early days of the COVID pandemic.
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