Sacramento Blue Diamond plant to keep about 90 role after previous decision to close facility

Certain portions of the Blue Diamond Growers plant in Sacramento will continue operations for now, despite the company's previous plans to shut down the full facility by September of this year. In June 2025, Blue Diamond revealed a plan to consolidate its operations to the Turlock and Salida locations because the Sacramento plant became "costly and inefficient." By December 2025, the almond manufacturer had released a timeline of employee layoffs that would end in the Sacramento location's eventual closure.

| PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Blue Diamond presents timeline of Sacramento factory layoffs before 2026 closureOn Wednesday, Blue Diamond told KCRA 3 that the Sacramento facility is still necessary for the production of almonds in the shell. "Retaining those operations in Sacramento is the most practical and least disruptive option at this stage of the transition," Blue Diamond said.This means that several jobs will remain available for now."We currently estimate that these remaining operations will require about 90 roles, and existing Blue Diamond Sacramento team members will have the opportunity to apply for these inshell processing jobs," Blue Diamond said.Blue Diamond said that specialized equipment and storage already in place make the Sacramento plant the best option to continue with inshell production.

Original reporting: kcra.com.