CarePoint Health warned 2,600 staffers that they could be out of work, by December. Other large scale NJ layoffs have come from Bristol Myers Squibb and Pitney Bowes.
Prudential Financial, Ashley Stewart and Fresh Pro led the pack of companies laying off workers in New Jersey — while a grocer also was closing a store to make way for housing.
When New Jersey-based Bed, Bath and Beyond folded, it took its sister brands with it. Now, different new owners have plans to reopen a few of the stores customers have been missing.
The Knowles family, owners of The Manor, said the decision to shutdown in July had been a difficult deliberation. It's just the latest banquet hall to close after pandemic-spurred struggles.