WDEF News 12

Published on WDEF News 12 (http://wdef.com)

Mayfield's Dairy Cuts Jobs in Distribution System to Fight Rising Price of Milk

By WDEF
Created Sep 3 2008 - 6:52pm


Mayfield Dairy in Athens is eliminating some jobs to fight the rising costs of milk production.

The company is cutting about a hundred workers from its distribution centers.

But the production plants won't be affected.

The layoffs will be spread out over a nine state service area.

Scottie Mayfield isn't sure how much the cuts will allow them to drop prices.. But they need to become more competitive with other brands.


[1]
Source URL:
http://wdef.com/news/mayfields_dairy_cuts_jobs_in_distribution_system_to_fight_rising_price_of_milk/09/2008