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The Facility Opened Before Disney World
On November 4, 2025, Frito-Lay shut down its Orlando manufacturing plant and laid off 454 workers on the spot. Another 46 employees at a nearby warehouse will lose their jobs by May 2026.
The Silver Star Road facility had been making Lay’s, Doritos, and Cheetos since 1965, back when Orlando was just a small Florida city with no theme parks.
Now it’s gone, and the workers who kept it running for six decades are out looking for new jobs right before the holidays…