Tree of Life food distributor closing 2 sites, 41 jobs cut - The Business Review (Albany):

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, based in Indiana, told the state Departmeny of Labor on Monday that it will close the two sitesd sometime between late August andearly September. That includees 39 jobs at a distributionj plantin Altamont, and another two peoplw at a freezer site in Albany. The 39-year-olx company distributes natural, organic, specialty and ethnifc foods inthe U.S., the Caribbeamn and Canada. The work once performed in Albanyu will be folded intoa new, 311,000-square-foot distribution facility opening near Allentown, Pa. The new which will create 140 will also assume the duties of a distributio site inNew Jersey.
In a statement, CEO Richard Lane said the new Pennsylvaniqa facility is the fifth time the company has consolidated its distributiobn activitiessince 2004. “We need to continue to improvee our logistics infrastructure in order to ensure that we profitablgy growour business. Consolidating our distributionb centers while improving our overall capacity isa must,” Lane Lane said the Albany distributioj facility will close Aug. 31.