A California Craft Beer Icon Found a Buyer. Its Home Brewery Is Still Shutting Down and Eliminating 220 Jobs

A California Craft Beer Icon Found a Buyer. Its Home Brewery Is Still Shutting Down and Eliminating 220 Jobs

Stone Brewing production will leave Escondido and move to facilities operated by Firestone Walker and Duvel USA.

Popular beer brand to cut 220 jobs as production shifts

Sapporo USA reportedly plans to lay off 220 workers at three Stone Brewing locations in Escondido, California, as production of the craft beer brand shifts to facilities elsewhere in California and Missouri.The layoffs will begin with 58 workers on Oct. 19, according to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letters filed by Sapporo with the state.FOX Business has reached out to Sapporo USA for comment and confirmation of the total number…

Sapporo Cuts 220 Jobs at Stone Brewing Escondido Plant

Sapporo USA is laying off 220 workers at Stone Brewing's three Escondido, California, locations after selling off the iconic craft beer brand and failing to find a future for the facilities. The Japanese-owned beer company filed Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letters, the federally required layoff notices, with the state of California, disclosing that the first 58 workers will lose their jobs starting October 19. The remaining cut…

Stone Brewing to cut 220 jobs as production shifts to new facilities

California craft beer pioneer Stone Brewing is set to cut 220 jobs and exit three locations, as its new owners restructure production.

Financial News Network - Popular beer brand to cut 220 jobs as production shifts

Stone Brewing's Escondido operations are winding down, with Sapporo USA planning 220 layoffs as beer production moves to Paso Robles and Kansas City.Read More …