There is that. I remember when NJ used to steal corporations from NYC because of our much lower tax rates. Now other states and countries are doing it to us.
That just means that those companies who stay will just have to pick up the slack!
Yea sure, 10% of Fairlawn’s production stays in the U.S., the rest goes to Mexico. Mondelez just built a huge plant down on Mexico.
Oh yeah, I left my house in the morning (Green Valley off Washington Rd) going to school and the smell would hit you as you walked out the door.
The machines and robots will be doing most of the work in time. Very sad.
Used to live in Howell and the Nestle owned coffee plant was in freehold. While I lived too far to get the smell everyday every once in awhile the wind would blow just right and we would get that fresh roasted coffee smell. Just thinking about it has me craving my morning coffee.
It began in NJ as soon as they made it law despite it taking 4 years to gradually take effect. McDonalds immediatley installed the self serve kiosks for ordering and my local ShopRite tripled the amount of self serve checkouts. Politicians deny this will affect jobs but anyone could predict what is happening.
I worked summers for the Middlesex County Mosquito Commission 1976-1980 and Sayreville was in my area. We routinely had to go inside the locked gates at Sunshine so we had to go to Security to get the key. One particular time my co-worker and I were walking from our truck to the Security office and we see a guy in a hard hat storming across the parking lot. He turns and fires his hard hat at the building and yells "I'm sick of these f**king cookies". We assumed he was quitting. We were amused.
I also worked in Helmetta and remember the whole town smelling like whatever flavor snuff the snuff factory was making that day.
Yes, very well. I have fond memories of it. My first job out of college was working for Deloitte, who did their audit. Sunshine Biscuits ended up being a client of mine for a few years. And by far one of my favorites. The team there was great to work with and I used to love to BS with them. Great guys. But beyond that, they would take us out on tours of the bakery, which was always an experience. It really smelled good and we used to eat lots of Cheeze Its. It really bummed me out when I found out years later they closed that place down. It's like you lose a little piece of yourself with each of these things lost to time.
I don't think so. I haven't seen them in ages. They definitely were not as good as Oreo's in fairness. The Cheeze Its were their big hit.
