Daybreak Foods Lays Off over 80 Workers Due to Avian Flu

Bird flu outbreak leads to temporary layoffs in Palmyra, Whitewater

LAKE MILLS, Wis. — Daybreak Foods, Inc., a Wisconsin-based egg supplier, will temporarily layoff staff after recent outbreaks of avian influenza, also known as bird flu. The company informed the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development in a letter on March 27 that the layoffs will impact 87 employees at the Cold Spring Farm in Palmyra and S&R Farms in Whitewater. Daybreak Foods says the layoffs will start on April 1, with the hope to have t…

Daybreak Foods lays off over 80 workers due to avian flu

The layoffs at Cold Spring Farm in Palmyra and S&R Farms in Whitewater began April 1.

Daybreak Foods announces temporary layoffs amid bird flu outbreak

PALMYRA, Wis. -- Daybreak Foods will temporarily lay off over 80 employees across two locations, the company announced.

Egg supplier again laying off workers following bird flu outbreak

Daybreak Foods is temporarily laying off 87 workers following a rise in Avian flu cases and a U.S. Department of Agriculture mandate to depopulate birds at affected facilities. The Lake Mills-based company will begin layoffs on April 1, which will include several of Daybreak’s animal caretakers, line workers, processing leads, dock attendants, quality, sanitation, maintenance […]