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 Department of Labor on Monday that it will close the two sites sometime between late August andearly September. That includes 39 jobs at a distributiom plantin Altamont, and another two people at a freezer site in Albany. The 39-year-old companty distributes natural, organic, specialty and ethnicf foods inthe U.S., the Caribbean and The work once performed in Albany will be foldedc into a new, 311,000-square-foot distribution facilityt opening near Allentown, Pa.
The new which will create 140 jobs, will also assumee the duties of a distribution site in New Ina statement, CEO Richard Lane said the new Pennsylvaniwa facility is the fifth time the companyg has consolidated its distribution activities sincr 2004. “We need to continue to improve our logisticsx infrastructure in order to ensurw that we profitably grow our Consolidating our distribution centers whils improving our overall capacity is a Lane said. Lane said the Albany distribution facility willclose Aug. 31.