Simon Bros Bakery, LLC

Simon Bros. Bakery, a family-owned wholesale frozen-food bakery in Skokie, filed a closure notice in Illinois WARN reporting tied to the planned permanent closure of its Skokie facility. Illinois' July 31, 2026 WARN summary lists 89 workers as affected by the planned closure, but no specific effective shutdown date or company statement detailing the timeline was publicly available. The article frames the closure amid broader industry pressures — rising labor, ingredient and distribution costs and shifting demand — but notes the WARN summary is a high-level record and may omit details about phased wind-downs, sales or transfers of operations. The reported impact is focused on wholesale production jobs at the Skokie site, with state rapid-response services potentially available to affected workers.