JONESBORO, ARK. — Butterball LLC said it plans to close its further processing facility in Jonesboro, Ark., on Feb. 3, 2025. On Dec. 4, the company submitted Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN) related to the closure, which will impact approximately 180 employees.

Butterball plans to move production from the Jonesboro plant to other facilities within its manufacturing network.

“We deliberated for a long time about this difficult decision, as we know it will affect about 180 team members and their families,” said Jay Jandrain, chief executive officer and president of Butterball.

Butterball’s announcement comes the same of week other major layoff announcements from food manufacturers.

Tyson Foods plans to lay off 809 employees at a soon-to-be-shuttered beef plant in Emporia, Kan. It also announced the closing of two plants in Philadelphia by the end of January that will affect over 200 employees.

Meanwhile, Cargill announced earlier this week that it will lay off 5% of its workforce, the equivalent of 8,000 employees as part of a restructuring of its business in the wake of weak financial performance during fiscal 2024.