(WORT) — This week we cover the future of the Oscar Mayer site, intolerance on the UW-Madison campus, and interview author Jon Ronson on his latest book So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed.
What’s Next For Oscar Mayer Factory? City Officials, Residents Dream...
Around 60 people gathered on Madison’s north side Wednesday night to share their ideas about how the city could help breath new life into the sprawling Oscar Mayer facility once Kraft Heinz leaves the area this year. Darien Lamen reports.
Shuttering Madison’s Oscar Mayer Meat Plant
On November 4th, the Kraft-Heinz corporation announced it will shutter Madison’s Oscar Mayer meat plant, killing 1,000 Madison-area jobs. Kraft-Heinz, a conglomerate financed by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway and the […]
Serendipity Brought Oscar Mayer to Madison
(WORT) — Unless Kraft Heinz reverses their decision, it appears that Oscar Mayer will be leaving town after nearly a century in Madison. But how did the famed hot dog maker ever make it to Wisconsin’s Capitol City? Here’s the Madison History Podcast with Stu Levitan.
Oscar Mayer Leaving Madison
(WORT) — Kraft Heinz is shuttering the Oscar Mayer headquarters in Madison severing a nearly century-long history with the city. Around 1,000 Oscar Mayer workers based in Madison will be out of a job within two years.
