Rembrandt Foods will close its egg processing plant in Neosho, Missouri, with the facility’s final day of operations expected to be in mid-June.
“We value all of our employees and the decision to close the Neosho facility has been a difficult one,” Rembrandt Foods President Paul Hardy told the Neosho Daily News.
The company cited a competitive global egg market as a factor in making the decision to close the plant.
As the Neosho plant closes, the company is making investments in its plant in Rembrandt, Iowa, to increase its capacity and its processing efficiency. The workload at the Neosho facility will be transferred to the plant in Iowa.
Sheila Hagen, vice president of human resources, said the company will be “working closely with our employees to minimize personal impact to employees and their families.”
The decision to close the Missouri plant follows a similar decision affecting the company’s facility in Renville, Minnesota. That decision was announced in November 2019.
Hardy said then that it was closing the Minnesota plant to position “Rembrandt for the future by reinvesting and focusing our resources on our core products and people in Rembrandt, (Iowa).” Some of the Minnesota employees were expected to transfer to the Iowa plant.
At the time, Hardy said the company did not have plans to close any plants other than the one in Renville.
Rembrandt Foods is the seventh largest egg company in the United States and the 12th largest in the world. In 2019, it had a flock of 11.9 million hens. According to the WATTAgNet Top Poultry Companies Database, Rembrandt Foods supplies egg ingredients to food manufacturers, foodservice and pet food manufacturers to be included in products like mayonnaise, sauces, baked goods, confections, pasta, bars, nutritional beverages, and prepared foods. The company offers a line of cage-free products including but not limited to frozen egg products, dried egg products, and liquid egg.
