For the primary time, extra craft beer breweries are shutting down than opening up, in response to the Brewers Affiliation.
Anheuser-Busch is promoting its decades-old New Jersey brewery and is closing two others in California and New Hampshire as a part of a broader technique to optimize manufacturing.
The Anheuser-Busch brewery in Newark, New Jersey, which opened in 1951 and is without doubt one of the firm’s longest-running amenities, shall be bought to the Goodman Group in 2026. Its Fairfield, California, and Merrimack, New Hampshire, amenities will shut in early 2026.
The corporate plans to shift manufacturing from these three amenities to its different U.S. amenities, enabling the corporate “to invest even more in our remaining operations and in our portfolio of growing, industry-leading brands,” the spokesperson mentioned.
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The Anheuser-Busch brewery in Newark, New Jersey opened in 1951 and is without doubt one of the firm’s longest-running amenities. (Daniel Barry/Bloomberg through Getty Photos)
An Anheuser-Busch spokesperson mentioned the corporate has been taking steps to modernize its U.S. manufacturing operations over the previous 5 years to satisfy demand, which incorporates investing almost $2 billion in its 100 amenities throughout the nation.
In Might, the beer maker advised FOX Enterprise that it was investing $300 million in its amenities throughout the U.S. to bolster manufacturing jobs throughout the U.S. whereas additionally supporting veterans who’re pursuing manufacturing careers.
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Anheuser-Busch mentioned it is going to assist relocate the 475 full-time staff presently working at these three amenities. Every of them shall be provided a full-time function “elsewhere in U.S. operations,” the spokesperson mentioned. The corporate did not specify the place, however the staff will get relocation stipends and new location expertise coaching.
The corporate plans to shift manufacturing from these three amenities to its different U.S. amenities. (Alex Tai/SOPA Photos/LightRocket through Getty Photos)
Staff that do not settle for the switch provide shall be given severance packages and different sources.
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Anheuser-Busch operates greater than 100 amenities throughout the nation. A supply conversant in the matter mentioned these modifications aren’t a sign of product efficiency and will not affect the supply of its product.
