A Phenix City poultry plant has announced a mass layoff .
AlaTrade Foods ’ plant at 6 Downing Drive in Phenix City filed a notice to the Alabama Department of Commerce saying the company is laying off 165 employees, effective from March 28, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN). No reason for the layoffs was noted.
The decision comes after AlaTrade announced in September 2024 the company would be investing $2.8 million into a new chicken paw heat treating project at the facility. The project’s goal was to “tap into the burgeoning international market for chicken paws, particularly in China,” AlaTrade said in its news release …