The recently opened Garner Marketplace is mentioned in an N&O article about local flea markets, which have become a popular setup for small businesses.
Nearly nine months after a gas explosion ripped through ConAgra’s Slim Jim plant in Garner, the Omaha, Neb.-based food company has decided to shutter the factory sometime next year.
Gina Miller, a Realtor with RE/MAX United, completed training in foreclosure avoidance and short sales.
During the month of March, Curves of Garner will collect nonperishable items and monetary donations for food banks in the area for the annual Curves Food Drive.
The site could become an industrial office hub that would more than make up for the jobs lost, town leaders say.
For Troy, the closing of ConAgra’s Garner plant means 190 new jobs, an additional 74,000 square feet of space, and four new production lines over the next 12 to 15 months.
Maya Palmer got the idea for her line, called Bookworm, when she was in fifth grade and made flower bookmarks after reading “Daisy Head Maize” by Dr. Seuss. She showed her parents, who told her she should sell them.
ConAgra has hired World Wrestling Entertainment star Edge as the new spokesman for Slim Jims, the N&O reports.
Northeast Foods, a Maryland-based commercial bakery, has agreed to locate in Clayton, not far from Garner’s Golden State Foods distribution center, the N&O reports.
ConAgra executives might determine what will happen to their Garner facility at a board meeting this Thursday, reports the N&O’s business blog.