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Post closing cereal manufacturing facility

Move to optimize production network and manage costs

Mar 2, 2018
Post closing cereal manufacturing facility
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Post Holdings, Inc. is planning to close its Clinton, MA cereal manufacturing facility. Acquired with last year’s acquisition of Weetabix, the facility is expected to cease operations by August 2019. Affected employees have been notified of the planned closure.

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