Food delivery business Yelloh to lay off 750 employees nationwide, close 90 delivery centers

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The meals delivery business Yelloh — previously referred to as Schwan’s Home Delivery — is slicing 750 jobs national and shutting 90 delivery centers.

The closures for the Bloomington, Minnesota-based corporate will start Dec. 8. The corporate will proceed to serve 18 states with its iconic yellow vehicles. Customers in other places gets deliveries by way of UPS, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Friday.

“Facing economic headwinds, rising business costs and the post-pandemic world, our teams across the country have worked valiantly to transform our company into a modern category leader,” the corporate stated in a news free up. “Despite those efforts, and like many retail businesses, we must now close locations and face a difficult reality.”

Yelloh vehicles will proceed to ship in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Schwan’s started house delivery in 1952. In 2018, the Schwan circle of relatives offered a 70% proportion of its business to the Korean company CJ CheilJedang for $1.8 billion. But the circle of relatives stored the Schwan’s Home Delivery business and rebranded it final yr as Yelloh.