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  • Chicken Nugget Recall of Tyson Foods Product Sold at Sam’s Club

    Tyson Foods has recalled 75,320 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets sold at Sam’s Club warehouse stores after some consumers complained of finding bits of plastic in their food, the company said Friday.

    The voluntary recall includes 5-pound bags of Tyson white meat frozen chicken nuggets that were sold at Walmart-owned Sam’s Club locations nationwide.

    According to the firm, based in Springdale, Ark., complaints were received by “a small number of customers.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the complaints were valid, and that the problem was traced to a product scraper inside the blending machines. Company officials said the affected product was produced on two days, on Jan. 16 and Feb. 26, on a single line at one of the company’s 40 chicken production plants.

    According to the USDA, the recall also includes 40 cases a product called “Spare Time Fully Cooked Nugget-Shaped Chicken Breast Pattie Fritters w/Rib Meat,” which is sold in 20-pound bulk packages for institutional use in Indiana and Arkansas. The recalled cases of this product were sold to a single institutional customer.  Those bulk packs have identifying case codes of “0264SDL0315 through 19” and “0474SDL0311 through 14.”

    Tyson received complaints of “minor oral injury” associated with the nuggets, and the USDA said that anyone worried about injury or illness should consult a healthcare provider.

    The USDA classified the recall as a Class II incident, which means that it is “a health hazard situation where there is a remote probability of adverse health consequences from the use of the product.”

    In February, nearly nine million pounds of meat were recalled from Rancho Feeding Corporation, and included meat used in the company’s “Philly Steak” and “Croissant Crust Steak and Cheese” sandwiches.  The USDA classified that recall as a Class I incident, which is defined as “a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”

    The 5-pound Tyson Foods chicken nuggets bags have manufacturer codes of “0264SDL0315 through 19” and “0474SDL0311 through 14.” The establishment number “P-13556” can also be found on the bags.

    If a consumer has a bag of affected product, they should discard the product, cut the UPC and date code from the back of the bag and mail it to the following address for a full refund:

    Tyson Foods —CP631P.O. Box 2020Springdale, AR 72765-9989

    Consumers with questions about the recall should contact Tyson Foods Consumer Services toll free at (866) 328-3156.

  • Chicken Nugget Recall: Tyson Recalls Nuggets Sold at Sam’s Club

    Tyson Foods announced on Friday that the company is recalling thousands of pounds of their chicken nuggets. Two different chicken nugget products were included in the recall: five-pound bags of white meat chicken nuggets and 20-pound packs of nugget-shaped chicken breast patties.

    A whopping 75,320 pounds of nuggets were recalled because they were “contaminated with extraneous materials.” According to the USDA, the company recalled the nuggets after a consumer complained about finding plastic pieces in the product. After an investigation, Tyson officials were able to pinpoint the source of the contamination, which was a blending machine. So far there haven’t been any illnesses reported related to the recalled chicken nuggets, and the USDA classifies this recall as a low health risk.

    To see if any of the Tyson products you have purchased fall under the chicken nugget recall, check out the details of the recall below:

    5-lb. bags of Tyson Fully Cooked White Meat Chicken Nuggets – 16142-928 with a Best if Used By date of Jan 26 2015 or Feb 16 2015. The manufacturer codes 0264SDL0315 through 19 and 0474SDL0311 through 14 can also be found on the bags. These products were produced Jan. 26, 2014 or Feb. 16, 2014 and shipped nationwide to one retail warehouse club chain.

    20-lb. bulk packs of Spare Time Fully Cooked Nugget-Shaped Chicken Breast Pattie Fritters w/Rib Meat – 16142-861 with identifying case codes of 0264SDL0315 through 19 and 0474SDL0311 through 14. These products were produced Jan. 26 and Feb. 16, 2014 and were shipped for institutional use in Indiana and Arkansas.

    As you will notice in the chicken nugget recall information, the five-pound bags of nuggets were sold exclusively to one retail warehouse club chain, which has been identified as Sam’s Club. Tyson says on their Twitter page that other retailers weren’t affected by the recall:

    If you have a bag of nuggets under the recall, follow these instructions from Tyson to receive a refund:

    If a consumer has a bag of affected product, discard the product, cut the UPC and date code from the back and mail it to Tyson Foods – CP631, P.O. Box 2020, Springdale, AR, 72765-9989 for a full refund.

    This isn’t the first recall Tyson Foods has issued this year. Another recall was issued in January for nearly 34,000 pounds of mechanically separated chicken products that were possibly contaminated with salmonella.

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  • Sam’s Club Will Lay Off 2% Of Its Workers

    Sam’s Club Will Lay Off 2% Of Its Workers

    In its largest wave of job cuts in four years, Wal-Mart Stores Inc announced Friday that it would be cutting 2 percent (2,300 jobs) of its workforce at its Sam’s Club retail warehouse chain; Sam’s Club has an estimated 116,000 U.S. employees with 600 locations nationwide.

    The layoffs are a reaction to compete with big name rivals like members-only warehouse club Costco and online competitors like Amazon.com’s Prime membership service, Wall Street Journal first reported on Friday.

    According to Bill Durling, head of corporate communications for Sam’s Club, less than half of those being laid off are assistant managers with the remaining being hourly workers. Prior to the announced cuts, Sam’s Clubs’ fresh sections – segments of the store that sell produce, dairy, seafood, poultry, meat and baked goods – had six managers. Half of those jobs will be cut with the remaining three fresh section managers’ wages increased, Durling said.

    “This is not the type of situation where we are showing people the door and handing people a check.” Durling said.

    “Everyone who is impacted today gets paid for 60 days and [we are] encouraging our associates to look for other opportunities at other Sam’s Club or Wal-Mart.”

    Durling mentioned that after 60 days, if affected employees aren’t able to find a job, they would be eligible for a severance pay.

    Sam’s Club isn’t the only major retailer announcing job cuts this year.

    Macy’s said earlier this month it plans to cut 2,500 jobs, or, 1.4 percent of its U.S. workforce, despite expecting new positions for its online store.

    J.C. Penney also chimed in with grim news last week about closing 33 stores and eliminating 2,000 jobs in order to return to profitability.

    Target said it eliminated 700 vacant positions worldwide over the last six months and will lay off 475 workers at its headquarters and other offices in Minnesota.

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  • Sam’s Club Layoffs – Wal-Mart Cuts 2300 Jobs

    Wal-Mart – the epitome of the fair employer who is currently being sued by the Feds for unfair labor laws and employment practices, is now cutting 2300 jobs from its membership only company, Sam’s Club.

    Today, Wal-Mart employs 2.2 million people worldwide and serves 200 million customers each week at more than 10,000 stores in 27 countries.

    The layoff is approximately 2 percent of the club’s U.S. employee count, which now totals 116,000. It’s the second largest layoff by Sam’s since 2010 when 10,000 workers were let go because Sam’s decided to outsource its food sample carts that are demonstrated at their U.S. stores.

    Sam’s Club is striving to compete with Costco Wholesale Corp. and online companies like Amazon.com’s Prime.

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    Or could they just be following other layoffs by major retailers in January, such as Macy’s, J.C. Penney and Target?

    Bill Durling, a spokesman at Sam’s Club, explained that just under half of the cuts were directed at salaried assistant managers, and some hourly workers.

    “We felt this was the right move to make sure we are positioning ourselves for growing in the future,” said Durling in an interview with the Associated Press. “We are trying to rebalance our resources in the field to make sure we are investing in the clubs that have the higher growth potential and balancing resources across the chain.”

    There are a total of 630 Sam’s Club stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and in the coming fiscal year, which begins on February 1st, 15 more clubs are going to be added.

    So why the layoffs? Sources say that although Wal-Mart has not yet released its Sam’s Club holiday sales figures, its recent financial performance has been underwhelming. And although Wal-Mart beat sales expectations in the third quarter, the company trimmed its earnings forecast due to economic difficulties among its core customers which were affecting the retailer’s bottom line.

    When you eliminate fuel sales at Sam’s Club, the stores that were open for a year or more only produced 1.1 percent more profit in the third quarter, which is what ultimately caused the layoffs.

    The membership only company generates 12 percent of Wal-Mart’s net sales, or about $56.4 billion annually.

    On the brighter side, Durling said that those workers who received notices will continue to get paid for the next 60 days giving them ample time to re-apply for opportunities at Wal-Mart or other areas of Sam’s Club’s operations. After that time expires, they will receive severance.

    “We’re trying to treat our associates with utmost care and respect,” he added.

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