Layoff and Closures Report
2015 Events as of 11/3/2026 print >>
Date Company Type Jobs Affected City Location
12/31/2015 Folders Express Closure 57 Omaha Omaha
12/31/2015 Lockheed Martin Layoff 8 Bellevue Bellevue
12/31/2015 H & H Chevrolet LLC Closure 153 Omaha Omaha
12/31/2015 H & H Motors Omaha dba H & H KIA Closure 53 Omaha Omaha
12/30/2015 RICOH USA, Inc. Closure 26 Scottsbluff
12/18/2015 Subway Pizza Express/Auntie Anne's Pretzels Closure 5 Lincoln Lincoln
12/18/2015 Catholic Health Initiative Layoff 60 Omaha Omaha
12/16/2015 Lincolnland Printing Layoff 2 Lincoln Lincoln
12/5/2015 Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. Closure Columbus Columbus
12/5/2015 Sears Automotive Center Closure 4 Grand Island Grand Island
12/4/2015 American Express Global Business Travel Layoff 5 Omaha Omaha
12/4/2015 Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation Layoff 75 Columbus Columbus
12/2/2015 The Knolls Closure 2 Lincoln Lincoln
12/1/2015 Bag'n Save/No Frills Closure 0 Omaha Omaha
11/27/2015 Omni Engineering Layoff 30 Omaha Omaha
11/23/2015 Youth Learning Center Closure 2 Omaha Omaha
11/21/2015 Sebastian's Table Closure 5-9 Lincoln Lincoln
11/20/2015 Quality Service Integrity Closure 58 Dakota City Dakota City
11/17/2015 IAC Acoustics Closure 160 Lincoln Lincoln
11/16/2015 Lincoln Journal Star Layoff 8 Lincoln Lincoln
11/14/2015 Office Depot Closure Lincoln Lincoln
11/14/2015 Office Depot Closure Omaha Omaha
11/9/2015 Alter Trading Co Layoff 1 Lincoln Lincoln
11/9/2015 Alter Trading Co Layoff 1 Omaha Omaha
11/9/2015 Alter Trading Co Layoff 2 Grand Island Grand Island
11/9/2015 Alter Trading Co Layoff 3 Kearney Kearney
11/9/2015 Alter Trading Co Layoff 2 Ogallala Ogallala
11/9/2015 Alter Trading Co Closure 2 Sidney Sidney
11/6/2015 Pioneer Investments Closure 38 Omaha Omaha
11/5/2015 Hexagon Lincoln Layoff 45 Lincoln Lincoln
11/5/2015 The Knolls Layoff 5 Lincoln Lincoln
11/2/2015 Omni Engineering Layoff 5 Omaha Omaha
11/1/2015 Grossenburg Implement Closure 14 Laurel Laurel
11/1/2015 Elliott Equipment Company Layoff 5 Omaha
10/28/2015 IAC Acoustics Layoff 30 Lincoln Lincoln
10/26/2015 Sears Closure Scottsbluff Scottsbluff
10/23/2015 CNH America LLC Layoff 49 Grand Island Grand Island
10/19/2015 Hydraulic Components Layoff Hartington Hartington
10/17/2015 Shop EZ Closure 7 Lincoln
10/16/2015 Mid-Plains Power Layoff 28 Omaha Omaha
10/12/2015 Behlen Manufacturing Company Layoff Columbus Columbus
10/8/2015 Rouge Manufacturing Layoff 2 Grand Island Grand Island
10/7/2015 Telecare Corporation Closure Omaha Omaha
10/7/2015 Staples Closure 13 Omaha Omaha
10/6/2015 Allmand Brothers Layoff 23 Holdrege Holdrege
10/4/2015 The Knolls Restaurant Closure 11 Lincoln Lincoln
10/4/2015 Apogee Call Center/Savers Closure 296 Columbus Columbus
10/2/2015 Preferred Sands of Genoa Layoff 30 Genoa Genoa
10/1/2015 Chief Industries Layoff 32 Grand Island Grand Island
10/1/2015 Preferred Resin of Genoa Layoff 4 Genoa Genoa
10/1/2015 Golden Star Closure 15 Ainsworth Ainsworth
9/30/2015 Family Variety Closure Bloomfield Bloomfield
9/30/2015 Main Street Market & Deli Closure 8 Stapleton Stapleton
9/28/2015 Infocrossing Layoff 4 Omaha Omaha
9/26/2015 A&A Bar Closure 1 Western Western
9/25/2015 Election Systems & Software Layoff 25 Omaha Omaha
9/23/2015 Potter's Wheel Ministries Layoff 1 Scotts Bluff Scotts Bluff
9/23/2015 Cabela's Corporation Layoff Sidney Cabela's Store - Sidney
9/23/2015 Cox's Drywall Closure 1 North Platte North Platte
9/23/2015 Preferred Pump Layoff 4 Grand Island Grand Island
9/18/2015 Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy Closure 5 Beatrice Beatrice
9/18/2015 Depot Bar & Grill Closure North Platte North Platte
9/18/2015 Allmand Brothers Layoff 12 Holdrege Holdrege
9/16/2015 Union Pacific Layoff 100+ Omaha Omaha
9/14/2015 Candy's Cupcakery Closure North Platte North Platte
9/7/2015 Yarn Shop Closure 8 Lincoln Lincoln
8/31/2015 Joffe's Too Closure 1 Lincoln Lincoln
8/31/2015 South Omaha Terminal Warehouse Closure 3 Omaha Omaha
8/27/2015 Hexagon Lincoln Layoff 8 Lincoln Lincoln
8/18/2015 Hydraulic Components Layoff 9 Hartington Hartington
8/15/2015 Forsberg Gallery Closure 4 Lincoln Lincoln
8/10/2015 Progress Rail Layoff 19 Gering Gering
7/31/2015 Libations Closure 3 Lincoln Lincoln
7/31/2015 Diana's Antiques and Gifts Closure 1 Ceresco Ceresco
7/24/2015 Alorica Layoff 16 Omaha Omaha
7/23/2015 Alter Trading Co Layoff 2 Kearney Kearney
7/9/2015 City of Crete Closure 4 Crete Crete
7/3/2015 TD Ameritrade Layoff 16 Omaha Omaha
7/1/2015 CCB Closure 26 Cozad Cozad
6/30/2015 Burns Lab Closure 11 McCook McCook
6/26/2015 Wisner Pharmacy Closure 3 Wisner Wisner
6/15/2015 CNH America LLC Layoff 136 Grand Island Grand Island
5/22/2015 Skag-Way Discount Department Stores, Inc. Closure 134 Grand Island Grand Island (State Street)
5/22/2015 Skag-Way Discount Department Stores, Inc. Closure 92 Grand Island Grand Island (Locust Street)
5/17/2015 United Airlines, Inc. Layoff 76 Omaha Omaha
4/20/2015 Exeter Care Center Closure 12 Exeter Exeter
3/31/2015 Charter Communication Layoff 5 Hastings Hastings
3/31/2015 Nationstar Closure 114 Scottsbluff Scottsbluff
3/16/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 12 McCook McCook
2/28/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 15 Valentine Valentine
2/28/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 16 Albion Albion
2/28/2015 Applause Video Closure 10 Hastings Hastings
2/15/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 13 North Platte North Platte
2/15/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 13 O'Neill O'Neill
2/10/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 11 Ord Ord
2/10/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 13 Broken Bow Broken Bow
2/10/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 14 Cozad Cozad
1/31/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 15 Gordon Gordon
1/31/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 0 Imperial Imperial
1/31/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 28 Ainsworth Ainsworth
1/30/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 13 West Point West Point
1/30/2015 Alco Discount Store Closure 17 Ogallala Ogallala