The president of the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation says Con Agra officials have told him the decision to close a cookie plant in Ripon was strictly a market decision. Steve Jenkins says he talked with Con Agra officials based in Omaha, Nebraska who told him it was a market decision and had nothing to do with the city of Ripon or the workforce. Con Agra announced last week that the plant that makes Rippin’ Good cookies would be phased out starting in September through the end of the year leaving 300 people out of work. Jenkins says the hope is that another business can be found to move into that facility.
