Pizza Hut collapses as 68 restaurants close – 1,200 jobs lost overnight. Iowa hit again as John Deere guts hundreds of jobs amid $55M Mexico offshoring move. Frito‑Lay shutters 60‑year Orlando plant and lays off 500 workers overnight. Farming giant shuts $17M Virginia facility 6 days before Christmas—172 workers fired. A small Nebraska town is reeling from the exit of meatpacking giant Tyson. Starbucks axes 568 stores in largest closure in company history. Tampa claims worst foreclosure rate in America, as national filings up 19% from a year ago. Kroger closing stores and eliminating jobs.