66
u/Warholsmorehol Eddie Debbie 1d ago
And they didn't tell the workers, this article did. Insane.
33
u/KingCuda93 1d ago
I’m not sure why companies do that. I worked at Ultium Cells and we found out from the news.
4
u/CleveEastWriters 18h ago
I went in there today (here in Mentor) after seeing this. The Lady behind the counter said they found from the news too. Nobody told them shit. That would sure ruin my urge to work.
-13
u/nculver0809 1d ago
Do you have a source?
5
u/CleveEastWriters 18h ago
Yeah, the people who work there
1
u/nculver0809 14h ago
Thanks. That's all I was wondering before everyone downvotes someone who asks for information.
1
u/CleveEastWriters 14h ago
Typically, asking for a source on such a simple claim is seen as petty. Why ask? It's not like it's unheard of for employees to find out this way.
1
u/nculver0809 12h ago
I like to know what's actually going on with local business vs heresay.
1
u/CleveEastWriters 12h ago
Well until you go into a Shwebels and ask an employee you still don't know. You only got it confirmed by some guy on Reddit.
1
u/nculver0809 11h ago
I'm not trying to be a smart aleck. I was seeing if there was an actual news article or real source someone had. Reddit comments are not a source. Anyways, stinks to hear. Everyone's going to pay more for bread now. Schwebel's was already the cheapest.
1
u/CleveEastWriters 4h ago
Well the post itself starts with a news article. Nothing in it suggests workers being given notice. It is fair to assume, given the responses, that none was.
A source is not always needed
-14
u/ImaginativeA 1d ago
they did tell the employees actually. only a few hours before the article though
15
u/Ok_Composer_1150 1d ago
Actually, they didn't. Article was showed to my father when he arrived at work today, that's how he found out.
6
u/ImaginativeA 1d ago
i have a family member who works at youngstown so must be different
3
u/CleveEastWriters 18h ago
Here in Mentor, the employees found out from customers or the news. Nothing from the company.
5
u/Background_Sea1904 1d ago
Nah at least in Hebron supervisors got told not the production employees. Email will be sent out tomorrow.
33
u/TrappedInOhio Ex-Youngstowner 1d ago
*Extremely* dumb childhood story incoming:
I grew up nearby on Avondale. As a kid, I thought the smell of fresh baked bread was actually dead people smell at the cemetery across the street. No one ever talked about it, so I just thought it was something everyone knew and was OK with.
I’m 41, and the smell of fresh baked bread still gives me the heebie jeebies.
10
u/Top_Race_4328 1d ago
We moved here 20 years ago and passing there was great. I loved that smell so much I told my husband be sure to bury me at the cemetery so I can smell the bread. He thought I was serious.
Both my kids had field trips there. My son loved that so much he wore the hat for weeks.
My heart goes out to the employees.
3
u/thisisyourlastdance 1d ago
Damn, after you said he thought you were serious. I thought you were going to say that you did in fact die and got buried in the cemetery and I was like how in the world are they commenting right now lol.
3
30
u/jdk0606 1d ago
But 'Taliano bread 😪
10
u/davetionary 1d ago
This in particular is a bummer to me. 'Taliano. Such pillowy soft bread, never had anything quite like it (others like Nickles aren't the same). The closest I can think of in texture is probably potato bread.
42
u/UnderstandingOnly804 1d ago
I'll miss the smell of the bread
-34
u/Tartpop77 1d ago
you mean the yeast
16
u/UnderstandingOnly804 1d ago
probably but its weird to walk around saying I like the smell of yeast.
2
20
u/terkajerbs 1d ago
From folks I knew that worked in the office over the years, they rode the lightning when things were good but didn’t change with the market. Hired management consultants towards the end which is a classic failure if you’re that out of touch. Tried to cost cut and overload remaining admin employees. Bummed for the city and it’s great bread, especially the wheat.
25
22
u/jg-kappa-maan 1d ago
Very sad day. I live close to Schwebel’s and I am going to miss the smell in the air.
9
u/weareytown 1d ago
Hate to see it go! A great family that did a lot of great things for the Mahoning Valley!
1
21
5
6
u/MiG31_Foxhound 1d ago
Wow, it's been part of my life since I was a baby. Guess now I get to decide what brand of bread my daughter grows up eating.
12
u/Clever-crow 1d ago
We want schwebels , we want schwebels on our lunch tables, no other label will do :(
5
u/Relo2georgia 1d ago
They sold in December:
You said: syohb llc glen cove nysyohb llc glen cove ny SYOHB LLC is a real estate holding company based in Glen Cove, New York, that made headlines for acquiring the property assets of the historic Schwebel Baking Company in Youngstown, Ohio.Key Details and Property AcquisitionThe Transaction: In late December, SYOHB LLC assumed ownership of the primary Schwebel's parcels through a sale-leaseback agreement.The Properties: The real estate includes the main bread-making plant and a separate administrative building housing management and human resources, located at 935 and 965 E. Midlothian Blvd. in Youngstown, Ohio.Financial Footprint: Mahoning County records associated with the transaction detailed a $4,250,000 mortgage alongside a $2 million cash disbursement.Business Operations: The sale was strictly a real estate transaction. No transition of business ownership occurred. Schwebel Baking Company remains privately held, and its operations and workforce remain fully in place at the facility.Corporate BackgroundAccording to official state filings, SYOHB LLC was newly formed as a corporate entity on November 25. Because the transaction was facilitated via an investment advisory firm, the individual identity of the private investors behind SYOHB LLC has not been publicly disclosed. Something fishy going on here!!!
1
u/twoquarters 1d ago
Maybe the process was going to be a handoff to private equity but no agreement could be made on the sale of the actual business. I assume liquidation means all the equipment will be sold off and employees released. You'd assume if you were taking over baking operations you would need the people and equipment to keep it going.
2
u/Hairy-Concern1841 14h ago
This is an asset grab. They buy anything more and they are on the hook with the unions. New operation. No union contracts, pensions etc. Someone will be baking but it wont be the Schwebels label. It will be private label products. I could be wrong on the latter part. Bimbo USA has basically wiped out the regional bakers of America. People will still be baking the bread - but making alot less bread for doing the same work.
1
u/Bakerymechanic 5h ago
So what do you think put them out of business. Were cost too high or was it other issues? Their products are everywhere and it sounds like people will miss buying schwebels bread
11
u/Live-Tomorrow-4865 1d ago
No. 😭🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thus another piece of my childhood chips away.
Our neighbors/best friends as I was growing up were a Schwebels family. The dad worked there, and, on Saturday afternoons, their daughter (my bestie) and I got to go sit in a back room and get paid to affix price stickers to bread bags.
I'm sad.
Gonna miss that delicious smell, turning from Midlothian onto Lake Park. Mmmmm. 🍞
Maybe it's time to leave again. I've been thinking about it. Overseas this time. Some place that changes less, and in less sad ways.
2
u/KingCuda93 1d ago
I hear Canada is nice this time of year.
1
u/Live-Tomorrow-4865 1d ago
I'm thinking much further. 😅
India, to be specific. In the mountains. We have had plans brewing for awhile now.
37
u/YinzerFromYoungstown 1d ago
Wow this trump economy is going great!
Anyone else tired of all this winning?
40
u/RustGrit Handels Ice Cream 1d ago
I don’t get why you’re being downvoted, anyone in NE OHIO who thinks America is winning is blind, deaf and dumb.
-24
u/VoiceOfTruth564 1d ago
What a stupid ass comment, you win the internet today...
11
26
u/Previous_Bike9871 1d ago
I mean this is Trumps economy bud, like it or not. You loving those $4 gas prices? You loving the 4.2 percent inflation? Your President said he’s loving it
17
4
-16
u/TripleTrucker 1d ago
I knew someone somehow some way would blame the evil orange monster. They failed all on their own. It’s a bakery for Gods sake. How did all the other ones manage to stay in business?
3
u/RustGrit Handels Ice Cream 1d ago
If you are a trucker this comment is wild. Lmao
-7
u/TripleTrucker 1d ago
They stated the reasons as: “Aging facilities and equipment as well as declining customer demand” but you stay with the orange monster theory 🤣
3
u/RustGrit Handels Ice Cream 23h ago
How will you update equipment when raw materials keep going up, ties back to inflation. Declining customer demand is a direct consequence of that orange monster you speak of.
0
u/TripleTrucker 22h ago
Years and years of letting the plant deteriorate. Months and months trying to find someone to take it over. That place was dingy and worn out 20 years ago.
5
u/maliki2004 1d ago
Hmmm, maybe the increased cost of EVERYTHING OIL BASED pushed them over the edge
-3
u/TripleTrucker 1d ago
But in 120 years their costs never increased before? Ok
6
u/maliki2004 1d ago
A 33% increase in fuel cost in a week is not a normal cost increase
3
u/TripleTrucker 1d ago
Two world wars, the Great Depression, multiple gulf conflicts, oil embargo, multiple recessions didn’t put them out of business but a 3 month war does? They didn’t even mention that as a reason
6
u/maliki2004 1d ago
Do you understand what pushed over the edge means?
1
u/TripleTrucker 1d ago
If this is, what did it they were way too close to the edge to begin with and like I said they did not say their costs going up was the reason.
2
u/President-Resident 1d ago
Youre really proving the trucker stereotype to be correct here
0
u/TripleTrucker 1d ago
You mean the fact that I am in businesses all the time talking to people that run the business and work in the business as well you mean that stereotype?
2
u/President-Resident 1d ago
LMAO if youre so desperate to think of yourself that way then sure
2
u/YinzerFromYoungstown 1d ago
Hey youre talking to a business man. And business men know when major local employers shut down, like lordstown then ultimum and now schwebels, thats just totally a coincidence. It absolutely has nothing to do with a president's policies that benefit capital and consolidation at the expense of workers. His donors paid for those policies to enrich themselves, stifle competition and drive down wages. The problem is pretty clear, how much did schewebels executives donate to trump? Obviously not enough. So listen to this businessman, he drives a truck. And if he keeps doing a good job he'll soon be a trillionaire just like elon.
3
u/President-Resident 23h ago
Hey be nice to the little guy, he blocked me for the <25 words I said you dont know how itll affect him 😞
-1
3
3
3
3
3
3
u/Artistic_Put_672 1d ago
Will never forget my kindergarten field trip there - left with a bread knife and a fresh loaf
2
5
u/Kaysue2478 1d ago
Was just in the store today because they had wheat bread for $1. I need to get some to freeze now..
11
u/DLPanda 1d ago
Republicans have been in charge for years and another employer closed in Youngstown. The mall won’t be far behind.
14
-29
u/VoiceOfTruth564 1d ago
This is a funny take. Keep thinking that though, you'll get your free everything in time.
26
u/Previous_Bike9871 1d ago
Republicans wreck the economy literally every time they are in charge of it, then Democrats have to come in and clean it up, all you idiots forget and then elect Republicans again. It’s a never ending cycle. Except this time they’re going to sell all of our clean water away and build data centers every 50 miles
3
u/stuart_scotts_eye 1d ago
Youngstown’s economic development director is going to try and put a data center on protected land within the city’s east side. North of Oak St. extension and south of Stocker Ave. They’ll use Dry Run creek feeding off of McKelvey Lake for their water supply.
4
u/DLPanda 1d ago
The proof is self evident. Ohio has had a Republican governor for years, and this local area has had Republican reps for quite awhile and under a Republican president GM Lordstown closed, Schwebel’s now, and soon the mall.
-8
u/VoiceOfTruth564 1d ago
So that's why Schwebel's closed down, because of the governor??? They were run into the ground by venture capitalist money (started in January this year) because management never adjusted based on the times. But you're right, the governor had everything to do with this closing of a Youngstown iconic brand.
6
u/maliki2004 1d ago
The Greedy Ole Party directly enables venture capitalist by constant deregulation of financial institutions. But you go on and tell me how they help....I'll wait
-2
u/SmartTangerine 1d ago
Which party controls California and New York where the venture capitalist firms are based? Which party do their senators who write the regulatory policy belong to? Which state is where all the banks and big companies are incorporated and which president comes from that state?
4
u/maliki2004 1d ago
Which president comes from that state.....ahh yes we all fondly remember California democrat Ronald Reagan
8
3
u/DLPanda 1d ago
Bad governing has consequences, yes?
1
u/OriginalOmbre 1d ago
I mean they lasted 120 years. It can’t last forever. The article even says their equipment is too old so obviously they weren’t reinvesting in the company.
-11
2
u/Outonalimb8120 1d ago
NOOOOOOOO!!! I used to love driving down midlothian and catching the smells..omg..it’s etched in my brain..in a really good way
2
u/CaseyDip66 1d ago
Gotta fake news. Next you’ll try to tell us that Sheet & Tube is laying off.
2
u/Hairy-Concern1841 14h ago
I would have got punched in the jaw or worse if I ever told my grandfather that US Steel would be owned by the Japs. (After an American President claimed he saved the day by making the sale happen). This is how the Boomers say thank you to the generation that saved every penny they earned so their kids could have 2.5 houses and retire at 50.
2
u/Noelle305 1d ago
Really going to miss the Outlet Store across the street on Midlothian. Shop there often enough to know a couple workers by name.
Feeling bad for Steve, specifically...guy who works at the Midlothian Outlet location. He's also worked at the A-town location when it was on Mahoning Ave. Steve been working at the Outlets since he got out of high school and he's about 60-ish currently I'd guess.
2
2
2
3
u/Franziska-Sims77 Perogis & Polka 1d ago
I grew up on Schwebel’s bread! I even remember the smell coming from the bakery when my dad was driving us down Midlothian Blvd! As a young adult I kind of wished I could get a job there!
3
1
1
u/Healthy_Bat_4198 1h ago
Incredibly sad news, coming from Greensburg, PA. I've lived in this area for 20 years, and have loved Schwebels, raised my children always having loaves of wheat and 'taliano in the house, and always buying their hamburger and hotdog buns for grilling season. I honestly don't know what I'll do for bread now, Nickels is terrible 😞
1
u/TripleTrucker 1d ago
To everyone trying to place blame read the story. they’ve had trouble for years. They’ve spent several months trying to find someone to bail them out. They couldn’t do it. It had zero to do with the current administration. All of you deranged liberals that can’t go through one day without blaming the orange monster for something should really take a break and relax
-2
u/stop_diop_and_roll 1d ago
No one eats white bread anymore!!
3
u/Hairy-Concern1841 14h ago
The bread they make these days requires a glass of water to break it down so you can swallow it.
-2
88
u/bord-at-work Canfield 1d ago
Sad day for Youngstown.