Anheuser-Busch selling classic NJ brewery, closing – Business News
Anheuser-Busch is selling its decades-old New Jersey brewery and is closing two others in California and New Hampshire as half of a broader strategy to optimize manufacturing.
The Anheuser-Busch brewery in Newark, New Jersey, which opened in 1951 and is one of the company’s longest-running amenities, might be offered to the Goodman Group in 2026. Its Fairfield, California, and Merrimack, New Hampshire, amenities will close in early 2026.
The company plans to shift manufacturing from these three amenities to its different U.S. amenities, enabling the company “to invest even more in our remaining operations and in our portfolio of growing, industry-leading brands,” the spokesperson stated.
An Anheuser-Busch spokesperson stated the company has been taking steps to modernize its U.S. manufacturing operations over the previous 5 years to fulfill demand, which incorporates investing practically $2 billion in its 100 amenities throughout the nation.
In May, the beer maker advised FOX Business 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.
A Budweiser signal hangs on the facet of the Anheuser-Busch Cos. brewing facility in Newark, New Jersey, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007. Bloomberg through Getty Images
Stacks of empty Busch beer cans sit on the empty can receiving line on the Anheuser-Busch InBev NV Fairfield brewery in Fairfield, California, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. Bloomberg through Getty Images
Anheuser-Busch stated it would help relocate the 475 full-time staff at the moment working at these three amenities. Each of them might be supplied a full-time position “elsewhere in U.S. operations,” the spokesperson stated.
The company didn’t specify the place, however the staff will get relocation stipends and new location abilities coaching.
Employees that don’t settle for the switch offer might be given severance packages and different sources.
A Budweiser tractor trailer truck waits to be loaded on the Anheuser-Busch InBev NV Fairfield brewery in Fairfield, California, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. Bloomberg through Getty Images
Anheuser-Busch operates more than 100 amenities throughout the nation.
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A source aware of the matter stated these modifications aren’t an indication of product efficiency and gained’t affect the supply of its product.
