Dunkin' Franchisee To Close Production Facility + Award-Winning Donuts In The North Shore: MA Food Week

MASSACHUSETTS — Welcome to Patch's weekly round up of food and restaurant news in Massachusetts, where we review openings, closings and more in the state's dining scene.

This week, we learned that an influential Dunkin' franchisee who owns over 100 locations in New England will close down a production facility, leaving dozens of workers facing the reality of layoffs.

NGP Management, also known as Scrivanos Network, will lay off 74 workers, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice filed with the state.

The company plans to eliminate the jobs in early November.

A company official said the “entire facility” at 15 Parkridge Road, Ward Hill, Haverhill, will close, according to Boston Business Journal.

The location is a production and operations facility and not a retail Dunkin' location. It's unclear how the move will impact NGP Management's stores in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Also this week, a celebrated Somerville donut shop is coming to the North Shore, a new Worcester restaurant was forced to close after a fire and two Massachusetts restaurants made the New York Times' best 50 restaurants in America list.

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