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  • Safeway's San Leandro plant just upgraded—what that could mean locally

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📰 News we're reading

• Nestle, Dean, Saputo are North America's largest dairies (dairyfoods.com) — A national ranking of North America's largest dairy processors notes that Safeway has added extended shelf life processing at its plant in San Leandro, potentially strengthening local industrial and logistics jobs. The broader report tracks billion‑dollar dairy companies, recent mergers, plant openings and closures, and leadership changes across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, highlighting how consolidation is reshaping the dairy sector.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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