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It all depends on who you ask. Right wing pundits and their media a la Lou Dobbs say yesterday was a failure. The country didn’t shut down. Many participants and their supporters point to the fact that although the country wasn’t closed for business, many businesses were closed.

Tyson Foods Inc., the world’s largest meat producer, shuttered about a dozen of its more than 100 plants. Eight of 14 Perdue Farms chicken plants also closed for the day. The rallies shut down 29 branches of Chipotle Mexican Grill, a Denver-based fast-casual dining chain. Goya Foods, which bills itself as the nation’s largest Hispanic-owned food chain, suspended delivery everywhere except Florida in what the company called a gesture of solidarity.

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