Hundreds of Sacramento Blue Diamond Growers employees to lose job as plant will shut down

Historic Sacramento almond plant to close in Blue Diamond's shift to Central California Valley

According to Blue Diamond Growers, the cooperative will exit its midtown Sacramento plant due to high costs and inefficiencies in operating from the historical buildings.

Hundreds of Sacramento Blue Diamond Growers employees to lose job as plant will shut down

Hundreds of Blue Diamond Growers employees in Sacramento will lose their jobs after the company announced Friday that it will shut down operations at its Midtown plant.

World's Largest Almond Processor Will Shutter Sacramento Plant. 600 Workers Impacted

The world’s largest almond processor, Blue Diamond Growers, says it will close its Sacramento processing plant this year The almond cooperative of 3,000 growers called the move an effort to “streamline” operations as the 50-acre facility had become “inefficient,” according to a news release from the organization. The cooperative said it would transfer manufacturing equipment to plants in Turlock and Salida. “The challenges of running a plant fro…

Blue Diamond Growers to close Sacramento facility

Blue Diamond Growers operations in the Central Valley will be getting a boost, but it comes at a cost to the almond giant’s Sacramento facility.  Blue Diamond announced that it will shutter its Sacramento facility and transfer most of its operation to the plants in Turlock and Salida.  Zoom in: Around 600 workers will be impacted by the closure, with around 10% of them expected to leave later this year.  Blue Diamond said some of its employees …