General Mills to lay off more than 150 in plant closing. The food giant is shuttering a facility that manufactures pizza crusts in a couple months. April 10, 2026 The closure of the Missouri-based General Mills facility, which manufactures pizza crusts, is permanent. Fudio/iStock/Getty Images General Mills announced plans to close one of its Missouri-based facilities, eliminating 163 jobs, in June. According to a WARN notice posted by the Missouri Office of Workforce Development, the food giant will close its St. Charles County, MO, plant on June 8. The biggest teams working at the facility, which manufactures pizza crusts, include skilled production operators and skilled freezer operators, Fox 2 Now reported The facility closure is permanent, and employees will be let go within two weeks of the shutdown date, according to Fox 2 Now. In October 2025, General Mills announced that it would close three of its US-based manufacturing plants because of increasing supply chain challenges. The company planned to shutter two Whitebridge Pet Brands pet food plants in Joplin, MO, as well as the St. Charles location, which manufactures pizza crusts. At that time, General Mills did not share how many jobs would be cut because of the plant closures. The latest details of General Mills' plant closure workforce reduction plans come as the cereal, snack, and pet food maker contends with waning profits. In March, General Mills reported its fiscal 2026 Q3 results, which included an 8% decrease year-over-year in net sales, although that figure was impacted by divestitures, like its North American yogurt divestment, and acquisitions. The company's operating profit was also down 41% from the previous year. Other food manufacturers are facing headwinds related to supply chain constraints, tariffs, and inflation, that are translating into faltering sales, and for one, bankruptcy. On March 11, Campbell's reported a similar sales dip in its Q2 2026 results: net sales decreased 5% year-over-year. The soup maker also saw adjusted EBIT drop 24% year-over-year, and pulled back on its late 2025 guidance, taking a more tempered view of the rest of 2026. Shipment disruptions due to storms and underperformance in the snacks segment also hampered the company's financial performance in Q2. In 2025, Kraft Heinz saw net sales decrease by 3.5% for the full year. That's about the same decrease for Q4 2025, which saw a 3.4% decline in sales. Meanwhile, Del Monte Foods recently completed the sale of all of its assets and business operations as going-concern businesses, after declaring bankruptcy last year. Managing Editor, Powder & Bulk Solids Nicole Schlosser is the managing editor at Powder & Bulk Solids. She has worked as a writer and editor for nearly two decades, including for several B2B publications. Nicole has covered various aspects of the public and private transportation industries, including vehicle manufacturing, fueling, safety, and fleet management. She has also written about the specialty chemicals and materials, biotech, metals and mining, fintech, portfolio management, and leisure industries. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Transcript, LP Gas magazine, School Bus Fleet, and Metro magazine, among others. Nicole earned her MFA in Creative Writing, with an emphasis on Playwrighting, from St. Mary's College of California, and her B.A. in Theater from Illinois State University.

General Mills to cut 163 jobs in closure of Missouri pizza crust plant. 1 hour, 16 minutes ago by Tribune News Service, Jack Suntrup, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS) General Mills plans to eliminate more than 160 jobs as it closes its pizza crust plant in St. Charles, Missouri, a company official told state regulators this month. Minneapolis-based General Mills Inc. expects the job cuts to occur on or about June 8, or within two weeks of that date, the Thursday notice to Missouri officials said. In total, 163 jobs are to be cut. General Mills said in a filing that the move is intended to "increase the competitiveness of our supply chain." Affected positions included 46 skilled production operators, 43 general production associates, 13 skilled freezer operators, team leads, managers and others. The St. Charles plant is one of three Missouri closures announced in a company filing in October. The Minnesota-based company is also closing two Joplin pet food plants. "Last fall, General Mills announced it will close its St. Charles, Missouri, TNT Pizza Crust manufacturing plant with production transitioning to other facilities," company spokeswoman Mollie Wulff said. "We are supporting employees interested in exploring future opportunities with General Mills at other locations." General Mills acquired the St. Charles plant when it bought TNT Crust in 2022. This is your last free view this month Connect with trusted local reporting. $1 for 8 weeks

Factory fallout: manufacturing layoffs from General Mills, sinomax east, amplify cell technologies and more. Its latest digest of manufacturers shutting down factories and issuing layoffs includes companies in electric vehicle batteries, auto parts, pizza crusts, and more April 6, 2026 With political winds changing and global markets tightening, manufacturers are making tough decisions - and workers are feeling the impact. In this roundup, Plant Services chronicle the closures and cutbacks reverberating throughout the manufacturing sector. Regal Rexnord Corp. informed the state of Wisconsin it would close its electroc motor and power transmission factory in Cudahy, Wisconsin by June 30, according to a WARN notice filed April 1. According to local news source the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, 70 employees at the factory will be put out of work in two waves: 30 workers will be laid off as of June 5, with the rest coming June 30. Employees will not be eligible for bumping rights. The factory currently makes speed changer drive and gears under the Stearn brand. General Mills announced April 6 that it would lay off 163 workers at its St. Charles, Missouri as it plans to shut down the pizza crust factory there, according to a WARN notice released through the state and local news media. The workers at the site were not unionized and won't have the right to transfer to other General Mills sites, the company said. The permanent closure will go into effect June 8. The company first announced it would close the St. Charles factory as well as two more in Joplin, Missouri, but at press time the cereals giant has yet to release WARN notice with details of any Joplin closures. Ryan Secard joined Endeavor B2B in 2020 as a news editor for IndustryWeek. He currently contributes to IW, American Machinist, Foundry Management & Technology, and Plant Services on breaking manufacturing news, new products, plant openings and closures, and labor issues in manufacturing.