Del Monte Foods will close its Modesto fruit cannery, a loss of about 600 year-round jobs and 1,200 more during the harvest. A union leader said Friday that workers were informed of the closure during ...

The shutdown will lead to the loss of 600 full-time jobs and 800 to 900 seasonal job losses, according to a union rep.

Del Monte Foods is shutting down its Modesto fruit cannery, bringing an end to operations at a facility that has long been part of the agricultural economy in California's Central Valley.

Del Monte Foods said proposed transactions "would reunify the Del Monte brand and create a multi-category food platform." ...

The canned food giant requested bankruptcy relief in July, after years of COVID-19 inventory surplus and exacerbating tariffs.

The Yosemite Boulevard plant had employed about 600 people year-round and 1,200 more during the fruit harvest.

Workers sort apricots at the Del Monte Foods cannery in Modesto, California, in 2009. John Holland Del Monte Foods will close its Modesto fruit cannery, a loss of about 600 year-round jobs and 1,200 ...