Fresh off a string of factory and restaurant closures – unfortunately, California is losing even more factories as the unemployment crisis deepens.
California is the fourth-largest economy in the world all on its own, so when it has problems – that can signal bigger issues are incoming, fast.
And unfortunately, these new factory losses span a variety of different sectors within the broader food industry:
- Spreckels sugar beet refinery in Brawley (closing started in late July) – just a totally heartbreaking story that likely marks the end of California sugar beet farming.
- Blue Diamond Growers factory in Sacramento (shutdown announced in June, will proceed over the next two years, estimated 600 jobs lost).
- Foster Farms turkey processing plant in Turlock (closed in May, ~500 jobs lost)
- Hearthside Food Solutions in Anaheim (cookie / snack production facility closed in April with 175 jobs lost)
- Gallo Winery facility in San Miguel (closure just announced, will proceed in phases starting in December, with 47 total jobs gone).
Where are you seeing factory closures? Do you have advice or encouragement to share with the impacted workers? Leave a comment and let us know!
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