More than 2,400 layoffs hit supply chain-related firms across the US

The closures will result in 1,108 layoffs. True Value regional distribution centers receiving alert notifications include:

• Chicago, 482 employees.
• Harvard, Illinois, 243 employees.
• Corsicana, Texas, 107 employees.
• Cleveland, 89 employees.
• Kansas City, Missouri, 69 employees.
• Kingman, Arizona, 62 employees.
• Woodland, California, 56 employees.

True Value officials said they hope the potential sale to Do it Best will keep some or all of its regional distribution centers operating. The transaction with Do it Best could be completed by the end of the year.

“Our primary goal throughout our strategic evaluation process has been and continues to be to preserve jobs and prevent or postpone facility closures,” Irma Quintana, True Value’s director of human resources, wrote in filings in Ohio and Illinois.

GXO Logistics Supply Chain Inc.

Third-party logistics provider GXO is closing a facility in Bloomington, California, and laying off 343 workers as a result of customer loss.

Company officials did not give the name of the customer in the application.

According to the state file, layoffs at the facility will be completed on December 31.

GXO (NYSE: GXO) is a global contract logistics provider. The company has 130,000 employees and operates 970 warehouse locations worldwide.

The Greenwich, Connecticut-based warehouse operator has laid off 902 employees nationwide since the beginning of the year.

CJ Logistics America

CJ Logistics America said it will close three warehouse operations in Dalton, Georgia, resulting in the layoff of 275 employees.

Company officials said the layoffs were the result of losing a customer contract.

The layoffs will be completed by Jan. 31, according to state filings.

Headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, CJ Logistics America is a supply chain services provider. The company is a subsidiary of South Korea-based CJ Group.

DHL Supply Chain

Third-party logistics provider DHL Supply Chain is laying off 163 workers in Tracy, California.

According to the application made to the state, the reason for the layoffs, which will be finalized on December 31, was not disclosed by company officials.

DHL is also closing its Texas facilities in Missouri City and Sugar Land near Houston and laying off a total of 53 employees. The layoffs will be completed by January 13. The company did not give any reason for the closures.

FreightWaves reached out to DHL officials.

PepsiCo Inc.

PepsiCo closed a bottling plant and logistics warehouse in Chicago and laid off 131 workers on Oct. 28, according to a state filing.

Pepsico said the plant’s closure was related to “physical limitations” at the site. Food Dive.

Teamsters Local 727 filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo on Nov. 4 for “unlawful intent to shut down” over the shutdown of its warehouse operation. GIS.

Teamsters Local 727 represents more than 75 employees at the facility. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires employers with 75 or more full-time employees to provide 60 days’ notice of pending plant closings or mass layoffs, union officials told CBS.

Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling LLC

Third-party distributor Reyes Coca-Cola Bottle LLC is closing a facility in Modesto, California, and laying off 101 employees.

The company said it was shifting its operations from Modesto to another location, according to the state filing.

Those laid off include 17 drivers and 15 warehouse workers. The layoffs will be completed by the end of January.

Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling manufactures and distributes Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper and Monster products to restaurants, sports facilities, businesses, healthcare facilities, schools, grocery stores, supermarkets and more. website.

The company has 55 facilities in 10 states and employs more than 30,000 people.

Hunt & Sons LLC

Oil distribution company Hunt & Sons is closing facilities at 14 locations in California and laying off 84 employees.

The closures and layoffs include operations in Modesto and Sacramento. The layoffs will affect more than 50 truck drivers and will be completed around January 1.

The company did not provide a reason for the closures or layoffs in its government filing and did not respond to a request for comment.

Sacramento-based Hunt & Sons operates 13 office and warehouse facilities and 38 commercial card fueling facilities and employs more than 450 employees.

The company operates 90 trucks and employs 87 drivers, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Kuehne+Nagel A.Ş.

Swiss logistics firm Kuehne+Nagel Inc. is laying off 68 workers in Denton, Texas, after losing its contract with telecommunications provider Ericsson, according to a filing with the state.

Kuehne+Nagel said the layoffs will be completed on December 13. Positions cover a variety of roles in contract logistics and warehouse operations.

Headquartered in Schindellegi, Switzerland, Kuehne+Nagel has more than 80,000 employees at 1,300 locations in 100 countries.

Americold Logistics

Americold Logistics is permanently closing a cold storage facility in Pooler, Georgia, just outside of Savannah, and laying off 58 employees.

The layoffs will be completed by Dec. 31, according to the state filing.

The company did not give a reason for the closure of the facility. Americold Logistics did not respond to a request for comment.

Atlanta-based Americol Logistics (NYSE: COLD) is a cold storage and supply chain management provider. The company owns and operates 249 facilities worldwide and employs more than 16,000 workers.

Amazon

E-commerce giant Amazon announced that it will lay off 57 employees from a facility in Milpitas, California.

The company will begin laying off employees at the headquarters on December 27.

Amazon officials (NASDAQ: AMZN) did not give the reason for the dismissals.

Trademango Solutions Inc.

Trademango Solutions is closing a facility in Hayward, California, and laying off 14 workers.

The company did not provide a reason for the closures or layoffs, which will be completed on December 31.

The layoffs include nine delivery drivers and three delivery assistants.

TradeMango Solutions, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, has 82 trucks and 60 drivers, according to the FMCSA.

Trademango officials did not respond to a request for comment.