Layoffs

Diageo’s impending closure of the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Halethorpe, Maryland, will lead to 174 permanent layoffs, effective November 1, according to a WARN Act notice filed October 1 with the state.

Several members of The Finnish Long Drink’s sales force have announced the elimination of their roles in the wake of the ready-to-drink cocktail’s (RTD) acquisition by Mark Anthony Brands earlier this year.

Sapporo USA will lay off 58 Stone Brewing workers across three California facilities effective October 19, according to an August 19 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice filed with the state.

Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) plans to lay off 160 workers in Alaska by September 4, the company wrote in a July 6 WARN Act notice.

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (SGWS) will slash 1% of its workforce as it implements a more tech-heavy business model, the beverage-alcohol distributor announced Tuesday afternoon.

Nearly 300 Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) workers in Illinois are expected to be laid off as the distributor shuts down its operations in the state.

Diageo CEO Dave Lewis is reportedly following through on slashing jobs as part of a reorganization of the struggling alcohol firm. Reports this week indicate that cuts have reached Diageo’s North American business.

Check out news items that were initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter April 27-29, including headlines from RNDC, the Odom Corporation and Constellation Brands.

All 514 Eagle Rock Distributing employees in Colorado will be permanently laid off in June following the completion of the sale of the independent Anheuser-Busch InBev wholesaler to Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits.

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Heineken N.V. will slash around 7% of its 87,000-person global workforce over the next two years, the company announced Wednesday during its full-year 2025 earnings report.

Kirin-owned New Belgium Brewing has reorganized its business administration teams, resulting in the elimination of some roles, a spokesperson confirmed to Brewbound. The employees whose jobs were cut amount to fewer than 1% of the company’s overall workforce.

Point Blank Distributing will lay off 177 employees once the sale of the Oregon-based distributor to Columbia Distributing is completed in late March, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act filing made Thursday with the state.