California has been hemorrhaging manufacturing jobs this year as layoffs and shutdowns impact every corner of the state.
Factories are closing in waves as the state economy falters – and unfortunately, the newest wave looks like it could be one of the worst for California.
Because it’s not just small companies folding up shop – now even big names are shutting down their factories.
More specifically, these five factories have recently either closed or announced plans to:
- Frito-Lay factory in Rancho Cucamonga
- Blue Diamond factory in Sacramento
- Spreckels Sugar refinery in Brawley
- rPlanet Earth in Vernon
- Manzana in Sebastopol
As you can see, these losses aren’t limited to one section of the state or a particular type of food – they’re from all over California, and they’re from every section of the food supply chain.
The problems facing the food industry are widespread and rapidly getting worse.
Of course, there are the longstanding issues of inflation, labor shortages, and complicated supply chains…
Add in the trade war (and retaliatory tariffs) and the slowing US economy, and you’ve got a perfect storm that is causing companies all over California and the nation to shut down production.
Of course, as unemployment spikes and jobs disappear…people tighten their belts further, which further reduces demand (and production) in a feedback loop that could help send the US into a recession.
Here’s hoping we find a way out and that the thousands of affected workers across California are able to find new employment soon!
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