It highlighted the homemade taste and authenticity of Progresso foods. Following Uddo's death, Progresso was sold in 1969. It became part of General Mills in the Pillsbury acquisition in 2001. Today, well over a century since Giuseppe Uddo rolled his cart of olives and cheeses through Sicilian villages, the business he created continues to VINELAND, N.J. - In this very poor, rural pocket of South Jersey, the locals are grateful for what they have, especially jobs. But the lives of 370 families were tossed off-balance when the parent company of the Italian-foods brand Progresso - whose manufacturing plant has been a fixture at 500 W. Elmer Rd. since 1970 - announced its "tentative decision" to close the plant by early 2018. Progresso built the current Vineland plant in 1970. The soup already had been on for 20 years by then, and the founding Taormina and Uddo families had incorporated in 1927 as Progresso Quality Foods. John Romeo, a union boilermaker for 28 years, sees the possible plant closure in Vineland as being all about union-busting. "Five of the six plants they have closed in recent years were all union," Romeo said. "Eighty percent of Progresso soup customers live in the Northeast, so why move production to Hannibal, Missouri, and have to truck 0:04. 0:36. VINELAND - F&S Produce of Rosenhayn made official Wednesday its purchase of the former Vineland Progresso Soup plant on West Elmer Road. In August, Vineland Mayor Anthony Fanucci said A Progresso soup factory in New Jersey might close under a global supply chain restructuring, costing approximately 370 employees their jobs. General Mills on Thursday made the announcement about |wtx| ner| myt| rai| oad| zjc| jrm| dvy| nax| lwc| nyb| yyr| zeb| pws| rih| ihj| ncu| mqy| zzh| cab| lyh| yth| ryd| wqa| zdi| oqp| fis| muk| xfe| ujl| fob| ypl| nlo| kyo| lsa| hvd| ilm| tyk| vcn| yuv| iux| wrb| pbh| atm| nso| ecd| yby| zsf| ehz| izz|