DPI Specialty Foods, a California wholesale company with its Mid-Atlantic operations based in the D.C. region, is laying off 281 employees in Prince George’s County as it closes up shop here.
DPI Foods Mid-Atlantic Inc. filed a layoff notice with the Maryland Department of Labor July 22. The terminations are effective Sept. 21. The layoffs do not affect 160 employees of DPI’s other business in the market, DPI Dedicated Logistics, which is a warehouse and storage service with a location in Capitol Heights.
DPI Specialty Foods sells organic, ethnic and other specialty food categories to retail grocery stores.
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