NORTH EAST, MD - Three months after closing the facility and laying off upwards of 200 employees, C&S Wholesale grocers has announced that it is reopening its North East warehouse and distribution facility.
As we reported previously, the company announced nationwide reorganization plans, including “trimming” a small percentage of its workforce in all of its 32 locations across the country as it restructures some of its divisions.
Some of those moves have been closures, others have been acquisitions. Now news source Cecil Daily reports what the wholesaler will reopen its North East facility, with Executive Director of the Susquehanna Workforce Network, Bruce England, commenting that the association encouraged C&S to bring job opportunities, employment, and business back to Cecil County.
“This has occurred suddenly from our vantage point. We do know they are recruiting to fill multiple positions for warehouse selectors and forklift operators,” England told Cecil Daily, but did not confirm that the doors to the location have already reopened. “The human resource department of C&S contacted us last week to inform us that they will be bringing more jobs to Cecil County, and that the North East facility will be reopening as early as Tuesday. They are hoping to get up to their previous staffing level.”
This move looks to be just as swift as the decision to shutter the facility.
The location’s closure was a rather sudden one, with the company citing earlier contractual losses and announcing the move in early February. Layoffs began in late March and were complete the first week of April.
“We were very surprised to hear the news of C&S Wholesale Grocers closing their distribution center in North East,” County Executive Tari Moore said when the news hit in February.
C&S officials didn’t return requests for comment, but recent reports are that the gates were open and the warehouse occupied.
We will continue to report on this story as it develops further.
