Dive Brief:

• Windsor Foods announced it will close its pasta-making facility in Bloomsburg, Pa., early next year. Some 160 people will lose their jobs.
• Houston-based Windsor, a maker of frozen foods, said it will consolidate its Italian food operations at its facility in Toluca, Ill.
• The plant in Bloomsburg suffered damage from floods in 2004, 2006 and 2011.

Dive Insight:

It's always tough when folks lose their jobs. And good-paying work is hard to come by these days in Central Pennsylvania. But we cannot begrudge Windsor this decision. The floods are, obviously, a major problem. And the company confirmed that the water woes contributed to the decision to relocate. Local officials say they will move ahead with a $15 million plan to build a floodwall around the Windsor plant and another nearby facility. The hope is that someone else will want to take over Windsor's plant. That seems unlikely, and we expect the town will change plans when emotions cool.