Sam Amico
Body wash seems to be taking over the United States when it comes to getting clean, and that’s been bad news for those who manufacture bars of soap.
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The latest example came when St. Bernard Soap Company in Cincinnati said it will be shutting down and conducting “mass layoffs,” with more than 150 employees impacted, according WLWT 5 News.
“These terminations will begin on March 5, 2024 or within a 14-day period following that date,” company officials wrote in a memo. “We expect the terminations, which will include 100 union-represented and 18 non-represented employees, to be permanent in nature. The enclosed document identifies the positions of the terminated employees and the number of terminated employees in each job classification.”
This announcement comes after St. Bernard laid off more than 100 employees in October.
Per WLWT: “Proctor and Gamble sold the company in 2003, after more than 125 years at the site.”
St. Bernard’s LinkedIn page hails the company as “North America’s leading manufacturer of bar soap, with the capacity to manufacture more than 4 million standard sized bars of soap a day. Our products include: glycerin recovered premium tallow bars and all-in-glycerin alternative, synthetic and semi synthetic soap utilizing either tallow or vegetable soap bases, plus our unique freezer bar technology to produce pure, low cost soap for budget conscious consumers.”
