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"officialListingName": "Pearson's Candy Company (Revision)",
"text": "September 15, 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\nUpdated and Supplemental WARN Act Notice – Closing of Manufacturing Facility\nLocated 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 this supplemental notice regarding the closure of the facility located at 2140 7th St W, St Paul,\nMN 55116 (the “Facility”). This notice is an update and supplement to the notice previously sent to you on\nJuly 30, 2026 (the “Initial Notice”).\n1. Update to Termination Dates\nDue to a change in operational need with respect to wind-down operations at the Facility, the\nfollowing employees will now be terminated effective as of October 31, 2026, as opposed to September 28,\n2026 as indicated in the Initial Notice:\nThese employees are represented by the Bakery, Confectionery Tobacco Workers’ and Grain\nMillers International Union, Local 22, and the Company has provided a notice of this change to termination\ndate to Walter Borgan, the chief elected official of this labor organization.\n2. Additional Impacted Employee\nThe Company has additionally identified as an employee who will be\nimpacted by the closure of the Facility who was not included in the Initial Notice.\n303685929v2\nThe Company has determined that it will continue to utilize the services of employee\nfor the foreseeable future. was initially identified as an individual whose\nFacility’s closure, as required by law.\nlast day of active employment will be November 24, 2026, which is more than sixty (60) days from today.\nhas been individually provided notice of her pending termination as a result of the\n3. Recission of Notice to Previously Identified Employee\nposition would be terminated effective September 28, 2026 in the Initial Notice. This updated plan is the\nresult of a continued business need for specific skills and services. The Company has\nprovided with a separate notice informing him that he will not be terminated effective\nSeptember 28, 2026.\nAs before, if you have any questions regarding the closure of the Facility or any other related issues,\nplease contact 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\nSincerely,\nDavid Kowal\nChief Executive Officer\nPromise Confections\nSB_\n303685929v2",
"validation": "Only explicitly labeled effective dates or standalone letter dates are extracted. Unpublished or ambiguous fields remain unavailable."
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