02-26-2011, 06:38 PM
Thanks for the extra information Ed.
ILW7570 has spent most of the '00s at EFRR in both its original ILW paint job and in its newer EFRR themed paint job. In fact I have located photos at rrpicturesarchive that show it freshly painted [EFRR phase 2] and then a month later completely lettered and signed for Illinois Western. Most of the photos show ILW 7570 parked on the Bunge/Hodgson mill siding.
Bunge/Hodgson Mill story;
Bunge arranged for the building of that building with the express intention of using the facility to unload bulk quantities of cooking oil[s], so that they could then repackage it into smaller commercial and domestic retail containers. The only trouble was that there was an over supply of such product in the marketplace, and additionally Bunge was cutting into the market of some of their bulk customers, so the decision was made to sell the business to one of their bulk customers and close the plant. Someone obviously didnt do a very good job of a S.W.O.T. analysis prior to making the investment in the plant. S.W.O.T. stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats and is a pretty basic Business 101 requirement, so the best way to sum up is
and 
for good measure.
Hodgson Mill then came along and set up in the vacated building, producing wholesome stone ground bread mixes and the like and in fact business was so good that they doubled the size of the plant. They have also recently installed some wind turbines on the roof of the silo tower as part of their enviromental program.
This then means that during the Krispy Kreme era 2002 to 2007 we had the unusual situation of one plant producing wholesome stone ground "health food" type products and another plant in the business park producing "junk food" product at the other end of the food spectrum.
Both plants were rail served. 
Interestingly Agracel also built, in much secrecy, a Coca-Cola bottling plant elsewhere in Southern Illinois. Damn shame it wasnt on the EFRR business park then we would have been really set.
Mark
ILW7570 has spent most of the '00s at EFRR in both its original ILW paint job and in its newer EFRR themed paint job. In fact I have located photos at rrpicturesarchive that show it freshly painted [EFRR phase 2] and then a month later completely lettered and signed for Illinois Western. Most of the photos show ILW 7570 parked on the Bunge/Hodgson mill siding.
Bunge/Hodgson Mill story;
Bunge arranged for the building of that building with the express intention of using the facility to unload bulk quantities of cooking oil[s], so that they could then repackage it into smaller commercial and domestic retail containers. The only trouble was that there was an over supply of such product in the marketplace, and additionally Bunge was cutting into the market of some of their bulk customers, so the decision was made to sell the business to one of their bulk customers and close the plant. Someone obviously didnt do a very good job of a S.W.O.T. analysis prior to making the investment in the plant. S.W.O.T. stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats and is a pretty basic Business 101 requirement, so the best way to sum up is
and for good measure.Hodgson Mill then came along and set up in the vacated building, producing wholesome stone ground bread mixes and the like and in fact business was so good that they doubled the size of the plant. They have also recently installed some wind turbines on the roof of the silo tower as part of their enviromental program.
This then means that during the Krispy Kreme era 2002 to 2007 we had the unusual situation of one plant producing wholesome stone ground "health food" type products and another plant in the business park producing "junk food" product at the other end of the food spectrum.
Both plants were rail served. Interestingly Agracel also built, in much secrecy, a Coca-Cola bottling plant elsewhere in Southern Illinois. Damn shame it wasnt on the EFRR business park then we would have been really set.
Mark
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