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"officialListingName": "Pearson's Candy Company",
"text": "197869307v4\nJuly 30, 2026\nVia Email and Certified Mail (Return Receipt Requested)\nCommissioner Varilek\nMinnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development\n180 East 5th Street, Suite 1200\nSt. Paul, MN 55101\nJason Wadell, State Rapid Response Team Supervisor\nMinnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development\n180 East 5th Street, Suite 1200\nSt. Paul, MN 55101\nWARN.DEED@state.mn.us\nRe: St. Paul Candy Company d/b/a Pearson’s Candy Company\nWARN Act Notice – Closing of Manufacturing Facility Located in St. Paul Minnesota\nDear Commissioner Varilek and Mr. Wadell:\nPursuant to the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 and pursuant to Minn.\nStat. § 116L.976, St. Paul Candy Company, d/b/a Pearson’s Candy Company (“Company”) is providing\nyou with notice that it will be closing its entire manufacturing facility located at 2140 7th St W, St Paul,\nMN 55116 (the “Facility”).\nThe closure of the Facility is due to a lack of financial sustainability on a going forward basis\nnecessary for the continued operation of the site. The closure of the Facility is permanent. No bumping\nrights exist.\nIt is anticipated that the closure of the Facility and the termination of the affected employees’\nemployment will take place effective September 28, 2026. The Company anticipates that the closure of\nthe Facility will result in the total termination of 80 employees. The names, addresses, layoff dates, and job\ntitles/categories of the impacted workers are listed on Exhibit A.\nThe Company has provided notice of this plant closure to all affected employees. Specifically, the\nCompany has provided notice of this closure to Walter Borgan, the chief elected official of the Bakery,\nConfectionery Tobacco Workers’ and Grain Millers International Union, Local 22, who represents the\naffected non-managerial production employees impacted by the closure, at the following address: 312\nCentral Ave S.E., Suite 590, Minneapolis, MN 55414. Affected employees not represented by the foregoing\nunion were provided individual notices as required by law.\nIf you have any questions regarding the closure of the Facility or any other related issues, please\ncontact Sarah Walters, Senior Director of Public Relations, RMD Advertising:\nTel: 602.309.2490\nEmail: walters@rmdadvertising.com\nAddress: 2099 W 5th Avenue\nColumbus, OH 43212\n197869307v4\nSB_\nIt is with regret that the Company provides you with this notice. Thank you.\nSincerely,\nDavid Kowal\nChief Executive Officer\nPromise Confections\n301630801v1\nExhibit A\nList of Employees Affected by St. Paul Candy Company d/b/a Pearson’s Candy Company’s\nFacility Closure, Addresses, and Occupation Titles\n* All listed employees have a layoff date of September 28, 2026 *\n\n301630801v1\n301630801v1",
"validation": "Only explicitly labeled effective dates or standalone letter dates are extracted. Unpublished or ambiguous fields remain unavailable."
}A source-linked public record. Secondary records are attributed to their provider and are not independently verified. For direct records, “Verified” means sourced from an official agency; it does not confirm the layoffs took place.
