Ralcorp: Announces Closure of MA Manufacturing Facility

St. Louis / MO. (rh) Ralcorp Holdings Inc. announced the closure of its manufacturing facility in Billerica, Massachusetts. The plant produces a variety of oil roasted and dry roasted snack nuts for the store brand category. Management of Ralcorp´s Bremner Food Group operating unit reviewed internal capabilities and capacities and decided that the Billerica production should be moved to the snack nut manufacturing plant in Dothan, Alabama. The consolidation is expected to improve the efficiency of Bremner Food Group´s snack nut business. The closure will occur in calendar year 2008 and impact approximately 90 employees. A combination of severance benefits and outplacement assistance will be offered to affected employees. Some employees may be offered the opportunity to relocate to Dothan. Ralcorp produces a variety of store brand foods that are sold under the individual labels of various grocery, mass merchandise and drug store retailers, and frozen bakery products that are sold to restaurants and other foodservice customers.