Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls for the month of November, 2018:
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
ALABAMA: After 12 years Sam and Greg’s Pizzeria’s forced to shutdown by the property owner
ALASKA: Denny’s shutting down a restaurant in Anchorage
ARKANSAS: peanut acreage down, harvest could suffer from weather
Local Pizza Restaurant Closing after 40 years
ARIZONA: Reps from 15 counties attended the yearly Arizona Flood Control District Directors meeting, which included the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District: “The biggest take away is that the Los Angeles District is more than just LA. We are equally the Arizona District.”-Colonel Aaron Barta
The Waffle Love restaurant shutting down so the owners can focus on food truck ops
CALIFORNIA: West Coast Berry Farms issued a layoff WARN for its ops in Salinas, 465 jobs gone in January 2019! Warren Buffet owned Kraft Heinz suddenly shutdown its Fullerton food factory, 248 jobs suddenly gone according to the WARN! Ovations Fanfare-Spectra Food issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Oakland, 763 jobs gone in January 2019! Yosemite Meat Company issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in Modesto, 188 jobs gone by the end of January 2019!
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District met with officials from Orange County Public Works to discuss ways to reduce future flooding: “First and foremost, this is a really big deal. We know there’s over 400,000 people and 40,000-plus structures within the Westminster watershed that would be directly impacted by flood risk, so that’s what our objective is … to come in and help reduce flood risk.”-Colonel Aaron Reisinger
crab fishermen sue 30 oil firms over climate change
30 years old Albona Ristorante Istriano shutting down
Carl’s Jr. parent CKE closing shop in Anaheim
After suddenly shutting down food factories Zacky Farms filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Switzerland based Nestle plans layoffs for 729 Bakersfield factory workers!
Because The Golden State is having problems with people going hungry, the U.S. Marines conducted a 9 mile Hike for the Hungry, transporting more than 8-thousand-6-hundred pounds of non-perishable food items in their rucks!
COLORADO: 
Bring a turkey to work day? That’s what Airmen stationed at Peterson Air Force Base did, donating turkeys for a food drive to help people in southern Colorado.
CONNECTICUT: Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville restaurant will close its two-floor dining space at Mohegan Sun, resulting in 59 layoffs
DELAWARE: Kitchen & Co. closing location near Stanton after 20 years
FLORIDA: Publix Greenwise shutdown its Palm Beach Gardens grocery store
Salvation Army Disaster Responders hand out bottled water and prepared food to disaster survivors in Blountstown, Florida, at a FEMA/State Disaster Recovery Center following Hurricane Michael.
Volunteers with Servant Heart Disaster Relief, prepare Low Country Boil for the Apalachicola Seafood Festival to help panhandle residents gain some normalcy after Hurricane Michael.
GEORGIA: After only a few months Z. Brown Distillery closing its doors
After only one year farm to table River and Rail shutting down
The 3rd Battalion, 81st Armored Regiment, held a food drive for the Battle Buddy Resource Center at Fort Benning, Georgia.
GUAM: 
Guam National Guard joined with Regular military forces, and FEMA, to deliver food, and other forms of help, to Super Typhoon Yutu ravaged Saipan.
HAWAII: State Leaders Push to Double Food Production by 2020
IDAHO: 
Idaho Air National Guardsman, Technical Sergeant Mario A. Pile, doesn’t just cook-up food for fellow Guard personnel during drill weekends, he’s also the program manager for the Idaho Youth Ranch Hays House, a homeless shelter for teenagers.
ILLINOIS: Pepperidge Farm issued a layoff WARN, 76 people in Downers Grove becoming jobless due to reduction in production.
Food supplier ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) conducting layoffs, without giving numbers
Daylight Donuts shutdown without warning to employees, now up for sale
BBQ Supply Co. closing original location
IOWA: Devotay Restaurant and Bar in Iowa City shutdown
KENTUCKY: After 12 years in business, Cole’s Place suddenly shutdown, due to a shooting
1860 Bistro suddenly shutdown due to “irreconcilable differences” with the landlord
Popular Southland Hotspot Willie’s Locally Known Closing
One Lexington restaurant closed, another leaving downtown
LOUISIANA: Japanese to Build $70M Vegetable Oil Plant in Louisiana
U.S. Sailors help sort food at the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana as part of Shreveport/Bossier City Navy Week.
MASSACHUSETTS: Papa Gino’s now bankrupt busted after suddenly shutting down 95 restaurants, affecting 1-thousand-1-hundred jobs!
MICHIGAN: Arrogant British empire founded Hard Rock Cafe issued a shutdown WARN for its Monroe Street ops in Detroit, 60 jobs gone by the end of January 2019. No reason was given. Perfection Associates issued a shutdown WARN for its bakery in Coldwater, 74 jobs gone by January 2019.
30 layoffs expected as Kellogg’s restructures
Great Lakes Fresh Market shutdown one of three stores
A 62 years old Valle’s Village Supermarket shutting down
Cheli’s Chili Bar announces they are shutting down
MINNESOTA: Two Perkins restaurants shutdown in Rochester
After 30 years Rusty’s Corner Cafe shutting down, unless somebody buys it
MISSOURI: Público restaurant shutting down
NEW HAMPSHIRE: After just three years Neighborhood Beer Co. closing its doors due to “business challenges”
NEW JERSEY: James Candy Co., maker of Fralinger’s Salt Water Taffy, files for bankruptcy
NEW YORK: Food service contractor FLIK International issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in NYC, 60 jobs gone by February 2019 due to British empire Canada owned Lord&Taylor shutting down its massive NYC store.
Online Blue Apron continues losing profits and continues killing jobs
After 45 years Integral Yoga Natural Foods shutdown
After 50 years a Clifton Park apple orchard closing down: “sales are down over 15% from last year”
NORTH CAROLINA: ‘christian’ owned Chick-fil-A closing downtown Raleigh location after 22 years
OHIO: Remke Markets shutdown two grocery stores
El Arepazo closing Pearl Alley location as ongoing construction threatens other business owners
OREGON: Oregon crabbers sue oil companies
After seven years The Woodsman Tavern shutting down
PENNSYLVANIA: After six years pie shop Magpie shutdown
Jon’s Bar & Grille shuts its doors after 37 years
RHODE ISLAND: 4corners Coffee and Pink Pig BBQ both shutting down in Warwick
Also in Warwick, after 18 years The Remington House Inn shutdown
SOUTH CAROLINA: 22 years old Wild Wings Cafe shutting down in Mount Pleasant
JJ’s Market and Cafe to shutter after more than 40 years
TEXAS: After 25 years, Huertas Tamales closing shop
Taco Bueno Restaurants filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Fort Hood Soldiers volunteer to collect and separate food during the Central Texas Food for Families food drive, the one-day drive collected more than 2 million pounds of food for 20 food banks in 9 counties!
VERMONT: Nature’s Grocer shutdown, no reason given, but social media says it was losing money
WASHINGTON: Starbucks suddenly laid off 350 people at its HQ!
After 42 years of selling local food supplies Mrs. Cook’s is closing
JW suddenly sold-off and shutdown its Gig Harbor restaurant
Food Service Soldiers assigned to 508th Military Police Detention Battalion, Fort Lewis, prepared Thanksgiving meals for prisoners, and visiting families, at the Northwestern Joint Regional Correctional Facility.
Washington DC: Ventnor Sports Cafe Is Closing After 14 Years
Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Sparks presents concepts for becoming better leaders to the Wyoming National Guard. Sparks currently works full-time for Central Arkansas Water, and previously worked for Tyson Foods.
U.S. FOOD CRISIS, October 2018:‘JUST ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN’