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Unilever to close Massachusetts Breyers plant.

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Unilever has announced that it will be closing its manufacturing plant in Framingham, Massachusetts. Production from the plant, which manufactures produces a reported 25 million gallons per year of Breyers packaged ice cream, will be transferred to other sites within the Unilever network in several phases, beginning in mid-year 2010. Plant production is expected to finish no later than the second half of 2010, with the final plant closing expected to occur during that same time period.

"Unilever continually looks for ways to achieve greater efficiencies across our Supply Chain network," said Steve Rosemary, director of manufacturing, Unilever Ice Cream. "After a long and careful analysis, we have determined that greater efficiencies can be achieved by shifting production to other company plants in ...

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