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Nalley's food plant closes in Tacoma, workers try to move on

TACOMA - Fresh out of high school in 1973, Al Yerbury took a summer job in mind pickle jars at Nalley Fine Foods. His first job into a career there.

But when the factory closed last month, Tacoma Nalley Valley lost its namesake and the region lost 160 stable, middle-class jobs.

"You work in one place for 38 years and then all of a sudden you're being told you are no longer wanted," says Yerbury, 56. "It's a great shock to the system."

Once a local food manufacturer leader employing over 800 people, Nalley has gradually ceased production of peanut butter chips and pickles.The owners of the factory has changed, orders fell and cheaper substitutes moved its products on the shelves of grocery stores and cafeterias.

But the plant still produces a true pantry, such as canned soups for grocery chains or square boxes 30 pounds of mayonnaise for food service companies.

And he made the famous chili Nalley, a trademark of Northwest will now be made in Iowa. Nalley parent company, New Jersey Pinnacle Foods Group, is seeking to expand to new markets.

Source: The Seattle Times

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