Sweet-n-Low to end Brooklyn production after nearly 60 years [View all]

http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/us/article/Sweet-N-Low-to-end-Brooklyn-production-after-6765262.php

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NEW YORK (AP) — For almost 60 years, tiny pink packets of Sweet'N Low have flowed, millions upon millions, from Cumberland Packing Corp., the Brooklyn company where the sugar substitute was first created.

But the family-owned company told workers just over a week ago that manufacturing and packing work would stop in Brooklyn over the course of the year and shift entirely to other parts of the country, leaving only its headquarters in the borough.

It's the latest chapter in a familiar tale. New York City hasn't been a manufacturing contender in decades, with global competition and the high costs of labor and real estate taking their toll.
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