Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.
Italian restaurant chain, Sbarro, shutting down 155 restaurants in the United States! Company officials blame the suck ass economy.
Alabama: Another Books-A-Million store shutdown, this time in Hoover. The store was at that location for 23 years.
Arizona: The Blue Ridge Unified School District warned of layoffs.
Connecticut: In Farmington, the Build A Bear store shutdown. Company officials said they are “adapting to changes in the economy”. In West Hartford, after 74 years the Crown Market grocery store shutdown. The family owners say they can’t compete anymore.
Georgia: In East Cobb, Kmart announced they will shutdown in March.
Indiana: In Indianapolis, after 40 years the MCL Restaurant & Bakery shutdown.
Massachusetts: In Jamaica plain, the Video Underground shutdown.
Nebraska: In Omaha, after 60 years Eli Caniglia’s Venice Inn restaurant shutdown. The family owners say they want to spend more time with their families, but it might really be because the family sold out to an evil property developer.
New York: In Pearl River, legal drugs maker Pfizer laid off 44 employees. In Long Island, the Long Beach Medical Center now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. 285 jobs threatened! The Wall Street Journal initially blamed Hurricane Sandy, but then revealed the true reason, Obama Care: “Nationwide, cuts to state and federal reimbursement rates have hit hospitals and health-care centers, causing many to search for strategic partners and some to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Long Beach Medical wasn’t immune to these troubles, but the hospital hired premier doctors and upgraded its technology to try to combat steep losses.”
Ohio: East Cleveland laid off 12 employees from the Parks and Recreation Department, Police Department, Fire Department, Building and Housing Department, Community Development Department, Helen S. Brown Senior Center and even the mayor’s executive assistant. 14 remaining full time city employees will be reduced to part time. In Dayton, Champps Americana Grill shutdown without warning, 65 jobs lost: “Despite the best efforts of the team there, this had been a store that had been under-performing for some time.”-Rick Van Warner, F&H Acquisition
Oregon: In Portland, the Wildwood shutdown. The restaurant owner says the property owner wanted to jack up the rent.
Pennsylvania: In Pittsburg, the Bridge Ten Brasserie restaurant shutdown. The owner blamed the bad economy saying “Regrettably, ‘success commerciale’ has proven elusive.”
Wisconsin: God refuses to stop Marquette University from killing 25 jobs. The Catholic university says it’s necessary to keep tuition affordable, but never mind that they raised the tuition the month prior (you see you can’t trust Christians)! In Fond du Lac, after 40 years The Card Shack shutdown.
16 – 18 February 2014: Military food contractor now busted, sold off to Idaho?
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.
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