DAKOTA DUNES – Citing the continued fallout from a "widespread campaign of misinformation" against the company and its signature product, Beef Products Inc. on Monday laid off 86 corporate employees in metro Sioux City.
"We are deeply saddened by today's events," BPI co-founder Regina Roth said in a statement. "This causes very personal heartache for us. We are not some big conglomerate, but a small family-owned business. We personally know and have worked side by side with these people and our family will never be the same with this loss."
The latest round of layoffs came a week after the Dakota Dunes-based firm announced plans to shutter three of its four plants and cut 650 jobs by May 25. Many of the office jobs eliminated Monday provided support to idled plants in Waterloo, Iowa, Garden City, Kan., and Amarillo, Texas.
Forty-one positions at BPI's headquarters in Dakota Dunes and 45 jobs at the company's machine shop and assembly facility in South Sioux City are affected by Monday's announcement, Corporate Administrator Rich Jochum said. The displaced workers will receive severance, including full pay and benefits for up to 60 days, Jochum said.
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