Coca-Cola has confirmed it will permanently close its bottling facility in American Canyon, Napa County, with the main shutdown phase beginning on June 30 and full closure expected by the end of 2025. The decision affects 135 employees, 10 of whom will remain through August to oversee the final shutdown phase. The adjoining warehouse will stay operational until December.
The 335,000-square-foot hot-fill bottling plant specializes in noncarbonated beverages and was originally built in 1995 for Pokka Beverages, which bought the facility that year for USD 6.7 million. Coca-Cola took over the site in 2003 as part of its acquisition of Pokka to expand West Coast capacity.
The Atlanta-based company had initially planned to close the American Canyon site—and a sister facility in Northampton, Massachusetts—by mid-2023 as part of a broader restructuring effort following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the closure was delayed for unspecified reasons.
In a statement, Coca-Cola acknowledged the impact of the closure: “These decisions are never made lightly, and we are grateful to have had the opportunity to be part of the American Canyon community.” The company will transition production volume from the Napa County plant to an unnamed third-party co-packer in the region.
The shutdown comes amid broader cost-cutting measures by the beverage giant. In late 2020, Coca-Cola announced it would eliminate 2,200 jobs globally and discontinue around 200 brands—including Tab and Odwalla—as part of a portfolio streamlining initiative.
