More rough news out of California as still more jobs are disappearing.
(And this is after a frankly embarrassing string of closures that have already rocked the Golden State’s economy.)
California’s manufacturing landscape is bracing for another major shift as two large industrial employers prepare to close facilities by the end of 2025, cutting hundreds of jobs and tightening the state’s food and packaging workforce.
PepsiCo recently closed its long-running Frito-Lay manufacturing plant in Rancho Cucamonga, a fixture in the region for more than fifty years. The facility, which employed over 400 workers, is one of many factories closing as the company restructures operations and consolidates production at newer sites. This ends decades of continuous snack-food production in San Bernardino County…