Denver-based Leprino Foods Co. is consolidating its string-cheese operations within Colorado, a move that includes the closure of its Ravenna, Neb., facility but will not add any new jobs in Colorado.
The work will move to the 250-employee Leprino facility in Fort Morgan, where string cheese has never been produced, said Mike Reidy, Leprino's senior vice president of corporate affairs.
"This has been a difficult decision to reach," Reidy said.
To produce string cheese in Fort Morgan, Leprino has made a significant investment in that facility, he said.
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