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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
More rolls, more jobs! King's Hawaiian investing $54 million in expanding Georgia facility
The bread seems to be rising in this oven called Georgia. On Thursday, Gov. Brian Kemp's office released news that King's Hawaiian will invest about $54 million in expanding its 150,000-square-foot Oakwood bakery and production plant. How is King's Hawaiian expanding its Georgia factory? The expansion will add a new production line, allowing them to produce additional flavors of King's Hawaiian Pretzel Bites. When will the expansion of King's Hawaiian factory in Georgia be finished? Start-up of the new production line is expected in the second quarter of 2026. Is King's Hawaiian hiring? The expansion will create more than 135 new jobs. The company will be hiring for positions in management, maintenance, food safety, and quality control. Those interested can learn more and apply at There are currently 21 different job listings for the Oakwood facility. Where is King's Hawaiian's Oakwood factory? The King's Hawaiian Oakwood facility is in Flower Branch at 5425 Aloha Way. It's north-east of Duluth about 47 miles from downtown Atlanta. Miguel Legoas is a Deep South Connect Team Reporter for Gannett/USA Today. Find him on Instagram @miguelegoas and email at mlegoas@ This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: King's Hawaiian expanding Georgia facility in Flowery Branch Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Falcons' updated roster with uniform numbers for each player
In two weeks, the Atlanta Falcons will officially report to training camp for the 2025 NFL season. Expectations have been raised as the team prepares for the second year under head coach Raheem Morris. The Falcons offense returns 10 of 11 starters, while the defense has new faces at all three levels. Rookies Jalon Walker, James Pearce Jr. and Xavier Watts are expected to play key roles this season as Atlanta looks to finally fix their defense under defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. Players will arrive in Flowery Branch on July 23, with their first official practice coming on July 24. Advertisement Check out the team's updated training camp roster, including uniform numbers for each player below. Quarterback (4) Michael Penix Jr. (9) Emory Jones (11) Easton Stick (12) Kirk Cousins (18) Running back (6) Bijan Robinson (7) Tyler Allgeier (25) Carlos Washington (26) Jashaun Corbin (30) Nathan Carter (38) Elijah Dotson (41) Wide Receiver (13) Darnell Mooney (1) KhaDarel Hodge (4) Drake London (5) Jamal Agnew (14) Chris Blair (19) Ray-Ray McCloud (34) Quincy Skinner Jr. (36) Nick Nash (80) Dylan Drummond (81) Casey Washington (82) Makai Polk (83) Jesse Matthews (86) David Sills (87) Tight End (6) Kyle Pitts (8) Feleipe Franks (15) Joshua Simon (47) Teagan Quitoriano (85) Nikola Kalinic (88) Charlie Woerner (89) Offensive Line (17) Jovaughn Gwyn (52) Michael Gonzalez (61) Jordan Williams (62) Chris Lindstrom (63) Ryan Neuzil (64) Matthew Bergeron (65) Joshua Gray (67) Kyle Hinton (68) Jack Nelson (69) Jake Matthews (70) Elijah Wilkinson (71) Kilian Zierer (72) Matthew Cindric (73) Tyrone Wheatley Jr. (74) Brandon Parker (75) Kaleb McGary (76) Storm Norton (77) Defensive line (9) Brandon Dorlus (54) David Onyemata (90) Simeon Barrow Jr. (91) Kenatavius Street (93) LaCale London (94) Ta'Quon Graham (95) Zach Harrison (96) Ruke Orhorhoro (98) Morgan Fox (99) Linebacker (14) Divine Deablo (0) Jalon Walker (11) Arnold Ebiketie (17) James Pearce Jr. (27) JD Bertrand (40) Josh Woods (42) Troy Andersen (44) Bralen Trice (48) DeAngelo Malone (51) Caleb Johnson (53) Kaden Elliss (55) Leonard Floyd (56) Nick Kubitz (59) Khalid Kareem (92) Cornerback (10) Dee Alford (20) Mike Hughes (21) Clark Phillips III (22) A.J. Terrell (24) Mike Ford (28) Natrone Brooks (35) Cobee Bryant (37) Lamar Jackson (38) Keith Taylor (39) Dontae Manning (41) Safety (8) Josh Thompson (45) Jessie Bates III (3) DeMarcco Hellams (23) Jordan Fuller (27) Xavier Watts (31) Kevin King (32) Billy Bowman Jr. (33) Malik Verdon (43) Specialists (4) Younghoe Koo (6) Bradley Pinion (13) Lenny Krieg (46) Liam McCullough (49) This article originally appeared on Falcons Wire: Atlanta Falcons training camp: Updated roster with uniform numbers
New York Times
18-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Falcons offseason will include plenty of golf, including a QB working on a ‘horrible' game
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta offensive coordinator Zac Robinson has been 'addicted' to golf since his father introduced him to the game as a 5-year-old. Now, he's starting to see the same signs in his quarterback. 'Mike (Penix Jr.) is at the point where it seems like he is addicted,' Robinson said. Advertisement Robinson played for four NFL teams and spent five years as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Rams before coming to Atlanta in 2024, and no team he's been on has more golfers — or wannabe golfers — than the Falcons, he said. Penix, who was drafted eighth in 2024 and took over Atlanta's starting job at the end of last season, noticed the same thing when he arrived and decided he needed to pick up the game to fit in. His game is a work in progress. 'I started about a year ago and I try to go at least once a week,' Penix said. 'Yesterday was terrible; don't ask about yesterday. Yesterday was bad. It was bad. I don't even want to tell y'all, but there are a lot of guys that play. We bond like that. Safe sport, fun sport.' Penix is on the hunt for an instructor this offseason, he said. 'Whenever I'm done playing (football), I feel like I might want to play, so I need to learn now,' he said. Falcons running back Bijan Robinson was happy to hear Penix acknowledge his game has a long way to go. 'That's a big step because around me, he talks like he's the coldest player in the world,' Bijan Robinson said. 'Mike Penix is horrible.' The second-year quarterback does have potential, though. 'I've played with him before and when he gets ahold of it, obviously it can go a long way,' Zac Robinson said of Penix. 'Golf is the toughest sport to master, and he's right in the thick of learning the game.' Zac Robinson isn't upset Penix is moonlighting in another sport. 'You can never fully master golf. It feels very similar to football,' Zac Robinson said. 'There is never a stopping point. There's always something you can work on. I like it from the aspect of competing with yourself. It's a different thing than being in a team sport.' The Falcons have a group chat that includes '25 or so guys' where players post any tee times they have with an open spot. 'They're saying, 'Need two, we're playing at The River Club.' It's, boom, 'I'm in, I'm in,'' Zac Robinson said. Tight end Kyle Pitts, center Ryan Neuzil, place kicker Younghoe Koo, offensive lineman Matthew Cindric and wide receivers Jesse Matthews and Dylan Drummond are among the regulars in the rotation. Pitts recently shot a 37 on the back nine of a round he played with Penix, the quarterback said. Neuzil said Matthews 'is probably the best player overall.' Advertisement Bijan Robinson is not part of the golfing group — 'absolutely not, absolutely not,' he said — but is an appreciator of the game through his friendship with Scottie Scheffler, a fellow University of Texas alum and the No. 1 player in the world. 'I'm going to try to get some lessons soon, hopefully in the next couple weeks,' he said. 'These guys are becoming really good, so I need to step it up.' (Photo of Michael Penix Jr.: Rich von Biberstein / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Forbes
28-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Kirk Cousins Trade? Only Michael Penix Jr. Can save Atlanta Falcons
Now it's up to Michael Penix Jr. to spend the second year of his rookie contract worth $22.88 million over four seasons to save the Atlanta Falcons from themselves. Perhaps you've heard. In March 2024, the Falcons made a $180 million mistake at quarterback by signing Kirk Cousins who became the backup last season to Penix. 'I'm just super excited, and I can't wait for this season,' Penix told me and other reporters Tuesday in his always mellow way. In fact, several of his teammates said he exudes 'quiet confidence.' He continued to display that and his rocket left arm at the Falcons' headquarters in Flowery Branch, Georgia, where they held the first practice of voluntary organized team activities. Barely a month after the Falcons acquired Cousins, they used the eighth pick overall in the NFL Draft to grab Penix, which shocked the football universe. Which also made you wonder . . . . Since the defensively challenged Falcons ignored a pass rushing stud with that eighth pick overall, and since the ink remained dry on Cousins' four-year deal, did they already realize their mistake? Whatever the case, if you mention 'Michael Penix Jr.' or 'Michael' or just plain 'Mike' around those involved with a Falcons franchise seeking to end seven consecutive losing seasons, you'll trigger two things in a hurry: A smile that continues to grow, and a description of somebody who would make the perfect librarian. 'He's very reserved. He's not the most talkative guy,' Falcons offensive tackle Jake Matthews said when I asked him to describe Penix's leadership style, and over the past dozen seasons, Matthews has blocked for every quarterback with the team from future Hall of Famer Matt Ryan to the lowly likes of Desmond Ritter. While Matthews' smile increased, he thought about the 15th game of last season when Penix made his NFL starting debut in Atlanta, and then Matthews said, "Man, it's funny. When Michael got that start against the Giants last year, right when he got in the huddle, it was like, 'OK. This man knows what he's doing. He knows how to get it done. He's here to be the leader of this offense.' 'So he's a very quiet guy off the field, but he's a jokster. Funny guy. Has a good time. Great dude. Somebody you want to do well for.' Here's the bottom line regarding Penix who ranks among the older NFL sophomores at 25: Noisy, soft spoken, something in between. The Falcons just want their new offensive skipper to stay as healthy as he was during his two years at the University of Washington after a career at Indiana University filled with physcial turmoil. He damaged his anterior cruciate ligament twice with the Hoosiers, and he suffered two dislocated shoulders for four straight season-ending injuries. The Falcons also need Penix to turn the potential he flashed while starting their last three games of 2024 into reality. He completed 58% of his passes during his NFL rookie season compared to 63% during his college days, but Falcons coach Raheem Morris said Penix was a victim last season of dropped passes, which he was. In addition, Penix had three interceptions during those three game, but he countered his picks with three touchdown passes, including a laser near the end of regulation play in Washington D.C. to a diving Kyle Pitts in the end zone. The throw and the catch pushed the game into overtime, where the Falcons lost to the Commanders while killing their playoff hopes, but their other hope remained. It was their hope of Penix fixing that mistake. That mistake was huge. With Cousins months away from his 36th birthday and recovering from a ruptured Achilles on his right leg, the mistake was giving him all that money for reasons known only on Jupiter or Mars. Now back to Planet Earth. There were only five no-shows Tuesday for the Falcons' voluntary camp, and Cousins was among them. That wasn't surprising. Cousins turned that mistake into a disaster last season by leading the NFL with 16 interceptions despite playing only the first 14 of the Falcons' 17 games. He also tied Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield for most fumbles in the league with 13. If you do the math, Cousins' fumble total was the worst in the NFL since Mayfield played all 17 games for the Bucs to those 14 for Cousins. After Cousins became a turnover machine with no end in sight, the Falcons named Penix their starter, not only for those last three games of 2024, but for this season and beyond. Cousins pleaded with Falcons owner Arthur Blank during the offseason to trade him elsewhere. Even so, team officials kept saying they'll keep Cousins as the most expensive backup quarterback in NFL history. They must pay the 14-year veteran $27.5 million this year whether they release him or not. As for a trade, NFL teams haven't been giddy to assume Cousins' remaining salary, and the Falcons have suggested they prefer not to pay some of the cost. He also can approve or reject any deal. So maybe Cousins was a no-show Tuesday due to a trade in the works, or maybe he is just sick of the whole situation. Did I say this was a mistake?
Associated Press
27-05-2025
- General
- Associated Press
Entering second season, Falcons' Michael Penix Jr. finding his voice as a leader, starting QB
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — As Michael Penix Jr. is entering his first full season as the Atlanta Falcons' starting quarterback, he is learning what it takes to be a leader in the NFL. Penix got some experience as a team leader on Tuesday when the Falcons held their first organized team activities. The Falcons began phase three of the offseason by getting out on the field and doing individual drills and a few non-contact team periods. 'I'm excited,' Penix said after two hours of outdoor practice. 'We get to be out there against the defense and work real football. I can't wait for this season.' Penix, who was drafted eighth overall by Atlanta in 2024, started the Falcons' final three regular-season games and completed 58 of 100 passes for 737 yards with three touchdown passes and three interceptions in those starts. Penix described his growth over his first full offseason knowing he is the starting quarterback. 'The one that I want to point (to) is just connecting with the guys,' Penix said. 'I feel like I've done a lot better with connecting with everybody around the team. Not just offensive guys but defensive guys as well. Whether that's just around the facility eating lunch or going out and playing golf with some of them. Don't ask about my golf game.' Second-year Falcons head coach Raheem Morris said Penix is 'finding his voice' as a leader. 'When you take over that quarterback spot, there's a certain humility about playing the position,' Morris said. 'Then it (comes) a certain confidence about playing the position. Eventually it turns into a little bit of an arrogance about playing the position where it's non-negotiable. We're not there yet. I don't think we will be for a little bit, but I think he's at the mode of where he's starting to get that confidence to be able to figure out how to get to that point.' Wide receiver Darnell Mooney, who is also in his second year with the Falcons after signing a three-year contract ahead of the 2024 season, said Penix has done a good job of undertaking a leadership role so far. 'I think he's been doing well owning that he's the guy and that he's (going to) be the guy,' Mooney said. 'He's doing a good job showing up every day. He's more quiet and can play around a little bit but he's really just a chill guy.' Penix had a recent conversation with former quarterback Matt Ryan, a 2024 Falcons Ring of Honor inductee. 'I spoke to Matt Ryan and had a good conversation with him (about) learning how to be a pro each and every day and how his process went,' Penix said. 'I feel like he definitely gave me some good things. Obviously he knows this is my second year coming into it (and) this is my first year starting. He talked to me about his times during that time and how he got to where he ended up.' ___ AP NFL:
