Which Coca-Cola production facilities in the U.S. were announced for closure in 2025 and 2026?
Executive summary
Coca‑Cola announced or completed a wave of U.S. production and distribution site closures across 2025, affecting facilities in California, Florida, and Massachusetts, and signaled an additional state closure slated for January 2026 in Hawaii [1] [2] [3] [4]. Reporting identifies five U.S. sites tied to that 2024–2026 consolidation: American Canyon (American Canyon/Napa area), Modesto, Salinas, Dunedin, and Northampton (with Honolulu’s Mapunapuna plant slated for closure in January 2026) [1] [2] [5] [4].
1. The California strand: American Canyon (American Canyon/Napa) — a June 2025 shutdown that was public and abrupt
Coca‑Cola permanently shut its large American Canyon bottling plant, a 350,000‑square‑foot facility, with operations ceasing by June 30, 2025 and roughly 135 jobs affected, according to local reporting and mass‑layoff filings cited in business press and finance outlets [2] [3]. The company characterized this move as part of an “asset‑right” strategy—shifting toward brand management and turning production over to third parties—which local coverage linked to the decision and to Pepsi‑style consolidation trends in beverage manufacturing [2] [3]. Critics and union‑adjacent voices framed the closure as a painful local economic hit; Coca‑Cola framed it as a strategic efficiency step [3] [2].
2. California continued: Modesto and Salinas — smaller regional losses folded into a larger narrative
Reporting grouped Modesto and Salinas among the shuttered or soon‑to‑be‑closed sites in 2025, with Modesto identified as having lost a bottling center earlier in the year and Salinas named as a distribution site scheduled to follow with job impacts by mid‑2025 [1] [6]. Coverage presented these as part of a five‑site U.S. wave that left nearly 900 workers out of work when counted cumulatively, though individual headcounts varied between outlets [1] [7]. Sources cited rising input costs and corporate restructuring as the company rationale, while local economic officials focused on job displacement and site reuse [1] [6].
3. Florida: Dunedin — a spring 2025 closure affecting a longstanding plant
Dunedin, Florida’s plant was reported closed in May 2025, with approximately 200 employees impacted as part of the consolidation that year, according to national summaries of the wave of closures [1] [7]. Local and aggregated reporting treated Dunedin alongside the California and Massachusetts sites, underscoring that Coca‑Cola’s changes spanned both production and distribution footprints [1]. Coca‑Cola’s corporate framing emphasized efficiency and network optimization, while community coverage focused on sudden job losses and limited notice [1] [7].
4. Northampton, Massachusetts — long‑looming closure pushed toward the end of 2025
The Northampton bottling plant has repeatedly been described in reporting as long‑expected to close, with a lingering timeline that local sources said had been pushed back multiple times but that several outlets reported would be finalized by the end of 2025, potentially affecting roughly 300–319 workers [8] [9] [1] [5]. Some reports treated Northampton as still “in limbo” even as corporate notices and state filings signaled outcomes; those discrepancies reflect staggered company disclosures and local efforts to delay or mitigate shutdowns [9] [8].
5. Hawaii: Mapunapuna (Honolulu) — the announced end of local bottling in January 2026
Separate from the mid‑2025 U.S. wave, coverage identified Coca‑Cola’s Mapunapuna Street plant in Honolulu—the company’s sole production facility in Hawaii—as scheduled to close at the end of January 2026 after roughly 65 years of operation, with production shifted to mainland facilities and local canning and bottling ceasing [4] [5]. Reporting emphasized the historical significance for Hawaii and the small local headcount affected, situating the move within the same corporate consolidation logic described for the mainland closures [4].
Conclusion: based on available reporting, the principal U.S. Coca‑Cola production and distribution facilities announced or reported closed in 2025 were American Canyon (Calif.), Modesto (Calif.), Salinas (Calif.), Dunedin (Fla.), and Northampton (Mass.), with Honolulu’s Mapunapuna plant explicitly slated for closure at the end of January 2026 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. Reporting variations exist on exact dates and headcounts—local filings and regional outlets supply the most granular timelines—while corporate statements framed closures as strategic “asset‑right” moves and community sources highlighted economic disruption and limited notice [2] [3] [1].