J&B Group, a wholesale distributor, freight logistics and meat processor, has announced that its Pipestone, Minn., manufacturing plant is for sale and that it is consolidating operations by moving the Pipestone production to its St. Michael headquarters. J&B Group has owned the Pipestone meat processing plant for the past 12 years and employs approximately 145 people at that location. All impacted associates will have opportunities in St. Michael and will be eligible for relocation assistance, the company said in a statement.

J&B group will be ceasing all operations at the Pipestone plant by November 22 or within two weeks thereafter. The company produces fresh and frozen ground beef and steaks at the Pipestone facility, much of which will now be handled at the St. Michael facility.