Friday, February 10, 2017

Kellogg’s to Shutter 39 Distribution Centers as Layoffs Loom



Kellogg’s to Shutter 39 Distribution Centers as Layoffs Loom
by Jerome Hudson 9 Feb 2017
Kellogg’s is shutting down 39 distribution centers across the country, the embattled cereal giant announced this week.

“While this is the right move for the company to achieve our long-term objectives, it was a difficult decision because of its impact on employees,” company spokesperson Kris Charles said, according to CNYCentral.

The Michigan-based company did not specify how many jobs would be lost during its year-long layoff plan, part of an initiative to shift toward a “highly efficient warehouse model.” Though as many as 1,100 full-time workers could be impacted, given Kellogg’s estimation that an average distribution center employs 30 full-time workers.

Kellogg’s stock saw a decline and its brand perception online took a deep negative nosedive last year following the cereal maker’s politically-driven attack on Breitbart News and its 45 million monthly readers. The company complied with demands from obscure left-wing advocacy groups, who pushed a social media campaign to coerce companies away from advertising on Breitbart.

Charles said Breitbart News and its tens of millions of readers “aren’t aligned with” the cereal maker’s “values as a company.”

Breitbart News launched its #DumpKelloggs petition, which has been signed by more than 430,000 people.

Kellogg’s beef with Breitbart News came amid widespread allegations of racism toward factory workers and profiting from the use of child labor.

It was also reported that Kellogg’s politically-motivated nonprofit has close ties to radical anti-American billionaire George Soros, hate group Black Lives Matter, and deceased Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

The left wing campaign to coerce companies to pull their ads from Breitbart News has had “little to no impact” on the organization, Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow said at the time.

Kellogg Company
John A. Bryant is the chairman & CEO for the Kellogg Company, and a director at Catalyst.

Note: James Dimon is a director at Catalyst, and a member of the Alfalfa Club.
Indra K. Nooyi is a director at Catalyst, a member of the Alfalfa Club, and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Ann McLaughlin Korologos was the chair emeritus for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the Kellogg Company.
Ann M. Fudge is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a director at Catalyst.
Richard C. Blum is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to Senator Dianne Feinstein.
Dianne Feinstein is married to Richard C. Blum, a U.S. Senate senator, and a member of the Alfalfa Club.
James Dimon is a member of the Alfalfa Club, and a director at Catalyst.
Indra K. Nooyi is a member of the Alfalfa Club, a director at Catalyst, and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.
John A. Bryant is a director at Catalyst, and the chairman & CEO for the Kellogg Company.
International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
L. John Doerr is a director with the ONE Campaign, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Michelle Obama was an advocate for the ONE Campaign, and a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Sidley Austin LLP was the lobby firm for General Motors.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
James S. Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the vice chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).   
Ann McLaughlin Korologos was the chair emeritus for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the Kellogg Company.
William D. Perez is a director at the Kellogg Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Ann M. Fudge is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a director at Catalyst.
John A. Bryant is a director at Catalyst, and the chairman & CEO for the Kellogg Company.       
John H. Bryan was the chair emeritus for Catalyst, and a director at General Motors.
Karen L. Katen was a director at Catalyst, and a director at General Motors.
Ellen J. Kullman is a director at Catalyst, and was a director at General Motors.
John F. Smith Jr. was the chairman emeritus for Catalyst, and the chairman & CEO for General Motors.
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G. Richard Wagoner Jr. was the chairman & CEO for General Motors, and a director at Catalyst.
Susan E. Arnold was a director at Catalyst, and is a director at the McDonald's Corporation.
Jeffrey B. Kindler was a director at Catalyst, and an EVP & general counsel for the McDonald's Corporation.
James A. Skinner was a director at Catalyst, and a vice chairman & CEO for the McDonald's Corporation.
Massive Layoffs Coming To McDonald’s As Company Plans To Cut 300 Million By 2017
Friday, August 7, 2015
By Paul Martin
NEW YORK — McDonald’s said it is cutting about 225 corporate jobs as part of a push intended to revitalize its flagging business.
Donald Thompson was the president & CEO for the McDonald's Corporation, and is a director at Catalyst.
J. Michael Cook was a chairman emeritus for Catalyst, and is a director at the Comcast Corporation.
Hundreds of Comcast employees protest Trump's immigration policies
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The layoffs will occur in West Deptford, where Comcast Corp. plans to cut 88 jobs and Zoo Printing will let go 65 workers....
Judith Rodin is a director at the Comcast Corporation, and was a director at Catalyst.
Jeffrey R. Immelt was a director at Catalyst, and is the chairman & CEO for the General Electric Company (GE).
Andrea Jung was a director at Catalyst, and is a director at the General Electric Company (GE).
Alan G. Lafley is a director at Catalyst, and was a director at the General Electric Company (GE).
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GE Global Research confirmed Tuesday it has laid off an undisclosed number of employees in Niskayuna, New York, as the company focuses more heavily on robotics, digital research and the use of data to make manufacturers more efficient.
Layoffs also are occurring at other General Electric (NYSE: GE) research centers around the world. The company declined to say how many workers were impacted and what areas are being scaled back.
Ann M. Fudge was a director at the General Electric Company (GE), and a director at Catalyst.
Anne M. Mulcahy was a director at Catalyst, and is a director at Johnson & Johnson.
Ann Dibble Jordan was a director at Catalyst, and a director at Johnson & Johnson.
Sherilyn S. McCoy is a director at Catalyst, and was a vice chair for Johnson & Johnson.
Johnson & Johnson announces 3,000 layoffs
By TAP INTO SOMERVILLE STAFF
January 20, 2016 at 6:22 AM
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Johnson & Johnson, the worldwide pharmaceutical and health care giant, has announced the restructuring of its Medical Devices businesses which will lead t0 3,000 layoffs over the next two years, roughly two percent of the company’s 127,000 employees worldwide.
William D. Perez is a director at Johnson & Johnson, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a director at the Kellogg Company.
Arnold G. Langbo was a director at Johnson & Johnson, and the chairman & CEO for the Kellogg Company.
John A. Bryant is the chairman & CEO for the Kellogg Company, and a director at Catalyst.

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