Source: Charlie McGee, NC BUSINESS NEWS, 9/5/18

 More than 100 employees will be laid off at a Smithfield Foods Inc. distribution center in Clayton, North Carolina, as the company plans to permanently close the facility at the end of October. This is the first mass layoff reported in 2018 for Johnston County.
According to a notice sent by Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. to the N.C. Department of Commerce, the first wave of layoffs will come Oct. 7, nearly a month away.

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