Fourth Street Barbecue, Inc.

Fourth Street Barbecue Inc. announced the closure of its Speers Industrial Park plant outside Charleroi, with layoffs beginning Oct. 9 and the plant slated to close by Oct. 31, 2025. The company filed a WARN notice indicating the shutdown will eliminate 252 jobs across its packing division in Speers and its Fourth Street Foods plant in nearby Fallowfield. The notice, filed by a restructuring consultant representing the financially troubled firm, says lenders may place the company into state receivership and appoint a receiver that could make the closures permanent. The article places the layoffs in the context of recent major local plant closures that have weakened the Mid-Mon Valley economy.