A West Sacramento bottling plant, which closed abruptly last year and laid off hundreds of workers, has partially resumed operations under new ownership, who have plans to steadily restore the site.
Members of the plant’s new ownership group said this week that their firm, Redwood Beverage Group, has hired nearly 100 people, most of whom worked for the facility under its previous owners. They plan to hire more in the coming months, as they bring back more production lines and make a steady stream of investments in the site, which, at full capacity, could fill more than 1 billion containers annually.
Still, the task is significant. Reviving the plant has been a months-long effort, and restoring production to its former pace will take months still…