Wendy’s International Inc. plans to slash as many as 375 jobs, with most of the cuts aimed at the company’s Dublin headquarters, where 650 people work.
The fast-food company offered voluntary retirement to 175 fulltime employees in May, and those who accept will make up a portion of the job reductions.
Wendy’s, which has struggled for more than a year to boost sales, said the cuts are part of a plan to save the company $100 million annually....
2. Ohio has lost its bid to get a new Honda manufacturing plant and with it go 1,500 new jobs. Dispatch:
Ohio has lost the derby for Honda’s new assembly plant and the 1,500 jobs that go with it.
Honda will build the $400 million plant in Greensburg, Ind., rejecting Ohio sites in Fayette and Van Wert counties and a site in Illinois, an industry source said yesterday.
A second source familiar with the project confirmed that the plant will end up in Greensburg, where work building 200,000 cars a year is expected to begin in 2008.
Losing out on the plant was bad news for Ohio, which has lost 200,000 manufacturing jobs this decade.....
***In other news........
MSNBC has the picture of Republican Rep. Bob Ney with Tigua tribal leaders. The MSNBC story is here.
There is some good news for Ohio State Buckeye Basketball Fans. The Toledo Blade is reporting that Greg Oden will play for Ohio State next year instead of going to the NBA. Go Bucks!
Buckeye Football News: A.J. Hawk is up for an ESPY Award. The story is here. Vote for A.J. Hawk for the Under Armour Undeniable Perfomance Award (Scroll Down on the voting page.). Vote for A.J. Hawk!
