Load King Manufacturing Job Cuts JACKSONVILLE Acts “Early and Quickly” to ‘IT GOT OUR Shift Strategy Amid Pandemic
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Mathis Report: Morris, city FREE discussing old T-U site May 14-20, 2020 PAGE 3 SUPPORT jaxdailyrecord.com LOCAL BUSINESSES! B ro ug r ht ve to er yo bs u by & O the Daily Record JACKSONVILLE Record & Observer Load King Manufacturing Job cuts JACKSONVILLE acts “early and quickly” to ‘IT GOT OUR shift strategy amid pandemic. at Gate Hospitality WHEELSRecord SPINNING’ & ObservJacksonvilleer company owns the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club and three JACKSONVILLE other area properties. BY MARK BASCH CONTRIBUTING WRITER Gate Hospitality Group per- Record & Observmanently laider off 141 employees and temporarily furloughed more than 700 at four Northeast Flori- da resort and hospitality proper- ties, according to a notification filed with the state. JACKSONVILLE The layoffs affected employees at two oceanfront properties – the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club and the Lodge & Club at Ponte Vedra Beach. The other venues are the Epping Forest Yacht & Country Club and Record & ObservThe River Club.er “Sorrowfully, in early April, Gate Hospitality Group was forced to furlough a number of its employees as a result of govern- ment mandated closures and a decline in business resulting from COVID-19 stay-at-home orders,” Gate spokeswoman Misty Skip- per said by email. “Thankfully, the majority of these furloughs are temporary and we are currently resuming operations and bringing employ- Special to the Daily Record ees back to work,” she said. From left, Load King Manufacturing Co. leadership Charles Chupp, president; Kyle Manning, controller; Phil Black, executive director, client services; A total of 735 workers were tem- Tanner Franklin, executive director, manufacturing and supply chain; Ken Carella, executive director, business development; and Chad Grimm, chief porarily furloughed with the largest operations officer. number, 486, at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club resort, according to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS masks and infrared conveyors to sanitize Starbucks and AMC Theatres, among Notification Act notice. EDITOR equipment. other well-known names. The company also furloughed Baptist chose a different supplier, but it Load King’s 300,000-square-foot 109 employees at the Lodge & he week of March 9, lead- set Load King on another track. manufacturing and distribution plant at Club, 97 at Epping Forest and 43 ership at Load King Man- “It got our wheels spinning,” Grimm 1357 W. Beaver St., west of Downtown, at the River Club. ufacturing Co. retooled said. employs 180 people. The Inn had the largest num- its strategy. Jacksonville-based Load King, started The single location includes metal and ber of permanent layoffs, 87. “It all started with a in 1958, designs, fabricates, delivers and wood shops, graphics and signage, and The Lodge laid off 24 employees, phone conversation with installs retail store, supermarket, restau- also provides full project management Epping Forest laid off 21 and the TBaptist Hospital,” said Chad Grimm, rant and other interiors, equipment and for its brands, including in-house design River Club laid off nine. Load King chief operations officer. fixtures throughout the United States. and permitting, tenant improvements The hospitality business is part The Jacksonville-based health system It also provides services for the medical and service and warranty. of Gate Petroleum Co. asked for guidance about keeping staff and hospital industries. safe during the pandemic and sought face It ships nationwide for brands like SEE LOAD KING, PAGE 4 [email protected] What’s Trending: Landing lawn will THE BASCH REPORT be available for events PAGE 2 Shopping center owner collects Development Today: Commercial 62% of rents though May 5 building permits PAGE 2 Regency Centers offers pandemic insight. 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