After 129 years in business, Sioux City’s Braunger Foods will close their Murray Street meat distribution facility in September.
Employees received notice of the closing last week.
A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification or WARN posting was placed on the Iowa Workforce Development website stating the business will close September 7th.
Braunger’s was purchased by Rosemont, Illinois-based US Foods last summer.
The company is transferring the work to their Sioux Falls facility.
Braunger’s had broken ground and remodeled the 16 acre Murray Street facility with a 2.2 million dollar expansion in February of 2016.
They received a “Growing Sioux City Award” in May of 2017 and the city planted a tree on the property signifying the company’s commitment.
They distribute food and related products to approximately 1,000 restaurants, schools and health care facilities in a 180-mile radius of Sioux City within the tri-state area.
