Kraft to shut down Wisconsin pizza plant

April 10, 2006
Kraft Foods Inc plans to cease production at its frozen pizza manufacturing plant in Sussex WI in March 2007.

Kraft Foods Inc plans to cease production at its frozen pizza manufacturing plant in Sussex WI in March 2007, a move that will terminate 330 employee positions.

Northfield IL-based Kraft is moving the plant's production to two other frozen pizza operations in Wisconsin. The 141,500-square-foot Sussex plant produces Tombstone and DiGiorno pizzas and includes a 50,000-square-foot warehouse.

Kraft will provide severance packages and outplacement assistance to affected workers and will supply medical benefits for six months after termination.

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