Anheuser-Busch job loss total in Fairfield officially tops 200 workers

FAIRFIELD Anheuser-Busch has formally described state officers that more than jobs will be erased by the shutdown of the iconic beermaker s plant in Fairfield a decision that emerges as the company consolidates production The brewing company has decided to eliminate jobs at its plant at Busch Dr in Fairfield according to an official WARN notice filed with the state Employment Advancement Department Anheuser-Busch Commercial Strategy intends to wind down and conclude operations at the Fairfield Brewery Jessica Crisp the brewery s general manager wrote in the WARN letter the company sent to the California EDD The decision came about after a thorough review Crisp stated in the WARN notice The job cuts are scheduled to begin on Feb and the brewery will wind down operations over a two-week period that will end on Feb Anheuser-Busch stated All of the job cuts will be permanent the company explained the EDD We will patronage the full-time employees at the moment working at the Fairfield facility by offering all of them a full-time role elsewhere in our U S operations the company stated in the WARN letter The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local represents chosen workers For employees that choose not to accept the offer to transfer we will provide severance packages and other materials the company announced in the WARN notice Anheuser-Busch has struck a deal to sell a brewery in New Jersey Besides the Fairfield plant the company will also close a brewery in New Hampshire Production affected by the closures of the three plants will be shifted to other Anheuser-Busch manufacturing hubs elsewhere in the United States Anheuser-Busch embarked on the staffing reductions despite a wide-ranging endeavor to revamp its American factories Over the last five years we have taken approaches to update and modernize our U S manufacturing operations investing nearly billion in our facilities across the country Crisp wrote in the WARN notice