New Jersey is the latest stop in HelloFresh’s broader round of distribution-center closures and layoffs. The meal-kit company set September 30 as the final operating day for its South Jersey warehouse, with 374 positions listed in the state’s WARN records for an employment action effective November 17.
The 170,000-square-foot facility is at 1130 Commerce Boulevard in Logan Township, although it carries a Swedesboro mailing address. HelloFresh and its Green Chef brand used the site to prepare and distribute meal kits before the company decided to consolidate the work elsewhere.
HelloFresh shifted the work to its wider network
HelloFresh said the decision followed a review of its operational footprint and that the Swedesboro work would be integrated into its broader fulfillment network. The company did not identify every facility taking over the volume, but its Newark, New Jersey, distribution center remains open.
For affected employees, HelloFresh announced severance assistance, extended health-care support, career-transition resources and internal transfer opportunities where available. Those programs do not mean all 374 workers kept jobs, and the company has not released a final transfer count.
New Jersey’s official 2026 WARN archive lists Grocery Delivery E-Services USA, doing business as HelloFresh, in Swedesboro with 374 affected workers and a November 17 effective date. That date refers to the employment action, not the warehouse’s last day of meal-kit operations.
The same building is getting another food company
The property is not expected to sit empty for long. Wonder, the food-hall and meal-delivery company, leased the same Commerce Boulevard building and said it planned to open a larger production and distribution operation there in November, with approximately 550 roles connected to the site.
That hiring plan is not a direct replacement program for HelloFresh employees. Wonder is consolidating production from facilities in Cranford and Fairfield, where a separate state notice covers 533 affected workers. Eligible Wonder employees were told they could apply for jobs at the new Logan Township operation rather than automatically transfer.
Customers should see a smaller change than workers
Because the HelloFresh site was a fulfillment center rather than a neighborhood supermarket, its closure does not remove a walk-in grocery option. HelloFresh said it would integrate the work into its national network, and it did not announce a New Jersey service interruption tied to the shutdown.
For Gloucester County, the picture is more complicated. One food distributor has left the warehouse and 374 positions are affected, while another food company plans hundreds of roles at the same address. Wonder’s opening timetable was still described as a target, and neither company has disclosed how many former HelloFresh employees might ultimately work there.
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