Utz closing Birmingham Golden Flake facility
Utz Brands will close its company’s Golden Flake Birmingham manufacturing facility in July, laying off about 175 employees. About 100 employees will remain in distribution operation. — AL.com
Alabama concrete association warns of scam
The Alabama Concrete Industries Association is asking for the State Bureau of Investigation to investigate a concrete purchase scam. The scam, in which stolen and fake cards are used to purchase concrete – sometimes in amounts exceeding $200,000 – has been reported in Birmingham, Dothan, Anniston, Tuscaloosa and Guntersville. – AL.com
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United names board chair
Conrad Rafield III will succeed Claude Nielsen, who is retiring as chairman of the board of Coca-Cola Bottling Company United. Rafield is the company’s longest serving director, having joined the board in 1979. His is a founding partner and shareholder of Red Mountain Entertainment and president/owner of Rafield Investment Company. – Coca-Cola Bottling Company United
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Birmingham-based Motion Industries has named Patrick Cummings senior vice president and chief financial officer. Cummings has been with Motion Industries since 2012. He has been interim CFO since the departure of Greg Cook. – Motion Industries
Fuel Alabama will offer summer programming for college students
Fuel Alabama, a workforce development program of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama in partnership with Innovate Alabama, will offer summer programming for college students in nine communities. Fuel Alabama programming will take place in Anniston, Auburn, Birmingham, Baldwin County, Dothan, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa. – Economic Development Partnership of Alabama
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Inroads College Links program expands to Birmingham
The Inroads College Links program, funded by the PNC Foundation, is expanding to Birmingham. The program seeks to close racial opportunity and wealth gaps by giving students meaningful experience and exposure to jobs in business, social and behavioral, and STEM fields. – GlobeNewswire
