Laid-off workers buy shop, start own business
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Inside an old building on this city's west wide, Allan Besich, Dean Brandt and Paul Peterman spend their days building and repairing metal trailers, water tanks and grain elevators. General Mills opened the shop about two years ago as a cost- saving measure. Equipment...
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| Published in | Deseret news (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1964) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Deseret Digital Media
01.04.2003
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| Summary: | GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Inside an old building on this city's west wide, Allan Besich, Dean Brandt and Paul Peterman spend their days building and repairing metal trailers, water tanks and grain elevators. General Mills opened the shop about two years ago as a cost- saving measure. Equipment was purchased in Chicago and installed in the westside shop, where General Mills' employees performed maintenance and repair on an as-needed basis, said Besich, 49, a 25- year veteran of General Mills. When Columbia decided it had no need for the shop, Besich said, the three men negotiated with General Mills to purchase the machinery and inventory. Today, the men lease 8,500-square-feet of space in what is actually an old brewery. |
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| ISSN: | 0745-4724 |