SALT LAKE CITY-Monday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints confirmed it is consolidating two Utah cannery operations in response to changing processing demands.
The operations of the Murray, Utah cannery will be consolidated under the operations of the Harrisville, Utah cannery effective January 2021.
Employees currently working at the Murray cannery will be reassigned to similar positions in other Church operations.
The decision to consolidate is based on increased efficiencies and is not related to the effects of covid-19.
Food distributions, through bishop’s storehouses and humanitarian deliveries to food banks across the nation have been uninterrupted through this period by virtue of Church employees and volunteers.
The Murray facility has been one of five Church-owned and operated canneries in the United States.
The other facilities are located in Garden City, Idaho, Harrisville, Utah, Houston, Texas and Welfare Square near Interstate 15 in Salt Lake City.
These canneries package and bottle food grown on Church-owned farms.
