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World's largest brewing company to shut down Bay Area plant after 50 years
By Nico Madrigal-Yankowski | December 12, 2025
After 50 years, the world's largest brewing company is closing its Fairfield facility and ceasing production in the Bay Area. Nearly 240 employees will be impacted.
Anheuser-Busch, which is owned by the Belgium-headquartered AB InBev, announced it will close its Fairfield brewery at 3101 Busch Drive by Feb. 22. After five years of updating and modernizing its manufacturing operations across the country, the company conducted a "thorough review" and decided to shutter the Bay Area facility. Anheuser-Busch, which was bought by AB InBev in 2008, is also set to sell a plant in New Jersey and close a brewery in New Hampshire.
"We will be shifting production from these three facilities to our other U.S. facilities and these changes will enable us to invest even more in our remaining operations and in our portfolio of growing, industry-leading brands," an Anheuser-Busch spokesperson told SFGATE via email.
According to a WARN notice, 238 employees will lose their jobs. Anheuser-Busch told SFGATE that all employees at the Fairfield brewery will be offered full-time roles at other production plants across the country.
This isn't the first time Anheuser-Busch has closed a Bay Area facility. In 2022, it shuttered its distribution center in Oakland and laid off 142 workers. The closure of the Fairfield plant ends a decades-long Bay Area presence for the company.
The consequences of the closure will be far-reaching. In a Facebook post, Fairfield Mayor Catherine Moy called the loss of the facility "staggering." According to the city's workforce development board, which Moy cited in her post, the tax losses will be $10.7 million for the town, $8.9 million for California and $3.3 million for the federal government.
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"We will be shifting production from these three facilities to our other U.S. facilities and these changes will enable us to invest even more in our remaining operations and in our portfolio of growing, industry-leading brands," an Anheuser-Busch spokesperson told SFGATE via email.
According to a WARN notice, 238 employees will lose their jobs. Anheuser-Busch told SFGATE that all employees at the Fairfield brewery will be offered full-time roles at other production plants across the country.
This isn't the first time Anheuser-Busch has closed a Bay Area facility. In 2022, it shuttered its distribution center in Oakland and laid off 142 workers. The closure of the Fairfield plant ends a decades-long Bay Area presence for the company.
The consequences of the closure will be far-reaching. In a Facebook post, Fairfield Mayor Catherine Moy called the loss of the facility "staggering." According to the city's workforce development board, which Moy cited in her post, the tax losses will be $10.7 million for the town, $8.9 million for California and $3.3 million for the federal government.
Please go to SFGate to continue reading.
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