Postville, IA – Under New Ownership Kosher Slaughterhouse Hiring 150 Workers

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    Hershey Friedman, CEO of Agri Star Meat and Poultry LLC, stands in front of the kosher meat processing facility his company acquired in August 2009 from the bankruptcy estate of Agriprocessors Inc., on Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009.Postville, IA – The new owner of the kosher meatpacking plant in Postville says he plans to hire 150 workers as the plant expands its poultry production and restarts its beef line.

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    Agri Star Meat and Poultry CEO Hershey Friedman said Friday the plant is expanding its turkey processing, which will mean adding a second shift to its poultry line. Friedman said it also plans to restart the plant’s beef line in a few weeks.

    The new owners bought the plant out of bankruptcy last fall. The plant, then known as Agriprocessors, used to be the Postville area’s dominant employer, but the company collapsed in the wake of a huge immigration raid in May 2008.

    The plant, which once employed nearly 1,000 workers, now has more than 400.


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    I would suggest to him as an eitza tova to let an outside agency hire the new employees in order to avoid any immigration and undocumented aliens issues.

    fleishig in flatbush
    fleishig in flatbush
    14 years ago

    but i bought flanken from them and it tasted just like before!!!

    PMO
    PMO
    14 years ago

    Hershey Friedman is a honest, good businessman… and an honest Yid. If anyone can be successful here, he can and it will benefit every single Jewish family to have more choice and competition in the marketplace. Hopefully, this will bring skyrocketing prices down.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    The new management under Heshy Friedman will soon make them forget about tragic outcomes under the prior Rubashkin onwnership. The increased supply of chicken and beef with top of the line REAL chasideshe hashgacha will also be a great benefit to the heimishe communities throughout the U.S.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Much mazel and hatzlacha to the new owners and hopefully we will never hear anything negative about this plant again.

    hashgucha
    hashgucha
    14 years ago

    who gives the hashgacha?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Good luck to Mr Friedman, hashem should give lots of hatzlocho and brocho amen

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    “The increased supply of chicken and beef with top of the line REAL chasideshe hashgacha will also be a great benefit to the heimishe communities throughout the U.S.”

    Uh, you DO realize that the hashgachah will be the same as before; OU and Weissmandl. Nothing has changed (and I am perfectly OK with that).

    good luck
    good luck
    14 years ago

    Mr Friedman, I know thjat you are a very honest businessman, and I sincerely wish you the best of luck. Contrary to popular belief, I wish that the unions keep far away from you! As we all know the unions are the reasons business can not make it here in the US