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"officialListingName": "Pearson's Candy Company (Revision 2)",
"text": "October 20, 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”) as well as the supplemental notice previously sent to you on September\n15, 2025 (the “First Supplemental Notice”).\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 January 31, 2027, as opposed to October 31,\n2026 as indicated in the First Supplemental Notice:\nThese employees, other than , are represented by the Bakery, Confectionery\nTobacco Workers’ and Grain Millers International Union, Local 22, and the Company has provided a notice\nof this change to termination date to Walter Borgan, the chief elected official of this labor organization for\nthese individuals. has been individually provided notice of updated termination\ndate.\nTo the extent that any further changes to the termination date for these employees occurs, the\nCompany will provide notice to appropriate parties to the extent that such additional notice is required\n305050181v1\nunder applicable law.\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_\n305050181v1",
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