December 13, 2024 - Ardent Mills, who is shutting down a historic Mankato mill, said they are looking into holding job fairs for employees and working with the city to preserve a massive mural in a meeting on December 2 with Mankato city officials and the commerce group Greater Mankato Growth.
"It is our goal to preserve and uphold the wishes of the community members and leaders, while recognising our role is shifting in the future direction of the property itself," Kelley Kaiser, a spokeswoman for the company, said on Wednesday when taking to local news.
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The company is looking into job fairs and helping its 44 employees find new jobs within or outside Ardent Mills, Kaiser said.
The company has also said it is working with the city to map out what will happen to the mural of dancing Native American children that is painted on their 135-foot-tall grain silos. Along with this, the historical building known as Mill A has also been discussed as in need of protection.
The company has said it is closing its Mankato mill, which dates back to 1878, because of difficult market conditions "driven by excess capacity in this market and declining regional volume."
Ardent Mills saw its sales decrease last year, reflecting industry trends, according to a recent financial statement from Conagra, which has a 44% ownership interest in the company. The company closed four flour mills in 2019. A joint venture of Cargill, Conagra and CHS, Ardent Mills has about 40 locations in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico.
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