But a spokesman for Maple Leaf Foods, which owns the facility,
said that date remains “tentative”.
Production is being moved to a new plant in Hamilton, built
to consolidate operations from a number of smaller plants, most of them in
Ontario.
The Schneider family built the plant in Kitchener 90 years
ago. At its peak, it employed about 2,000 workers.
The company told workers this week that 95 will likely be
laid off Feb. 27 and that about 30 will remain to salvage materials, such as
light bulbs and electrical wiring.
