Keurig: We’re Committed to Vermont Operations Despite Cuts
Keurig Green Mountain says it remains committed to its Vermont operations, despite cutting 200 jobs at its Waterbury, Vt., facility. The total number of jobs eliminated at Keurig operations throughout North America was 330, or five percent of its workforce. In Vermont, the figure was closer to nine percent of the company’s overall workforce, so the state took a disproportionate hit. Suzanne DuLong, vice president of corporate...
USDA Proposes Healthier Fare
Kansas City, Mo. — As teachers lament seeing toddlers too large to fit in playground swings, a federal program that feeds millions of low-income children may be overhauled for the first time in almost 50 years, aiming to make the meals at day care facilities healthier and reduce obesity. About 3.8 million young children are fed daily through the Child and Adult Care Food Program, which primarily reimburses day care providers, and also...
