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Blue Diamond’s manufacturing plant in Sacramento will close gradually over the next 18 to 24 months, with the first layoffs beginning in September, according to a layoff notice filed with the ...

Hundreds of Blue Diamond Growers employees in Sacramento will lose their jobs after the company announced Friday that it will shut down operations at its Midtown plant.

In 1995, Blue Diamond received some $20 million worth of incentives to keep its plant in midtown, as local politicians feared the move that will now happen.

Blue Diamond Growers announced it will shut its midtown Sacramento plant, moving operations to Turlock & Salida. Around 600 jobs will be affected in next two years.