Stone Brewing Cuts 58 Escondido Jobs, 220 Total as Sapporo Winds Down Site
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Updated · The San Diego Union-Tribune · Aug 21
Stone Brewing Cuts 58 Escondido Jobs, 220 Total as Sapporo Winds Down Site
3 articles · Updated · The San Diego Union-Tribune · Aug 21
Summary
Fifty-eight Escondido workers will be terminated on Oct. 19 in the first phase of a shutdown that Stone Brewing says will eliminate 220 jobs in total.
Sapporo USA said the cuts affect only the Escondido brewery and bistro it still owns after selling Stone Brewing, while production shifts to Paso Robles and Kansas City under the new owners.
The first round hits warehouse, packaging, logistics and quality-assurance staff, including 10 brewers, across three Escondido addresses tied to the brewery and bistro operations.
About 300 Escondido jobs had been seen as at risk when Sapporo announced the sale in April and said it was seeking a buyer or operator to preserve the site, but no solution emerged in a weak U.S. craft beer market.