CHARLEROI FOOD PROCESSING COMPANY PLANS TO CLOSE

A financially troubled Charleroi area food processing company plans to close at the end of the month, eliminating 252 jobs in that Mid-Mon Valley area where the economy is reeling from the recent losses of a glass-producing plant and a pasta-making plant.  According to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Fourth Street Barbecue Inc. started laying off workers at its two sites Oct. 9 and will continue until Oct. 31.