<div id="readability-page-1"><p>A large Coca-Cola bottling plant in Southern California will shut down permanently this summer, ending a longstanding relationship between the company and the city.</p> <p>Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling made the announcement in a May 8 WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice – a legally required 60-day &#34;heads-up&#34; that employers must give to workers before a major layoff or office closure.</p><p>&#34;We regularly assess our locations, products, and services to ensure we can continue driving sustainable growth and innovation across our business,&#34; a spokesperson for Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling wrote to SFGATE. &#34;As such, we have announced the closure of our Ventura Distribution Center and the transfer of operations to our other Southern California facilities.&#34;</p> <p><strong><u>COCA-COLA'S SUGARCANE SHIFT: STATES THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THE BEVERAGE GIANT'S LATEST MOVE</u></strong></p> <div><div>    <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2026/02/931/523/coca-cola-products-1.jpg/query-dGw9MSZ2ZT0x?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="931" height="523" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2026/02/931/523/coca-cola-products-1.jpg/query-dGw9MSZ2ZT0x"/></div> <p><span>Bottles of Coca-Cola are displayed on a store shelf on Feb. 10, 2026 in Greenbrae, Calif.</span><span> (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)</span></p></div><p>The closure of the Ventura plant will impact 85 employees, the company said.</p><p><strong><u>TRUMP SUCCESSFULLY CONVINCES COCA-COLA TO BRING BACK 'REAL' CANE SUGAR IN US DRINKS: 'IT’S JUST BETTER!'</u></strong></p><p>&#34;Most (78) will be reassigned to other RCCB facilities,&#34; the spokesperson said. &#34;Additionally, affected employees have the option of applying for any open roles for which they are qualified within RCCB and our sister companies.&#34;</p><div><div>    <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2025/07/931/523/coke-3.jpg/query-dGw9MSZ2ZT0x?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="931" height="523" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2025/07/931/523/coke-3.jpg/query-dGw9MSZ2ZT0x"/></div> <p><span>Cases of Coca-Cola soda are displayed at a Costco Wholesale store on April 27, 2025, in San Diego, Calif.</span><span> (Kevin Carter/Getty Images / Getty Images)</span></p></div><p>The last day of operations will be July 10, Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling said. The roles slated for elimination include drivers, fleet mechanics, merchandisers and customer growth representatives.</p><table><thead><tr><th>Ticker</th> <th>Security</th> <th>Last</th> <th>Change</th> <th>Change %</th></tr></thead> <tbody><tr><td>KO</td> <td>THE COCA-COLA CO.</td> <td>81.02</td> <td>+0.54</td> <td>        +0.66%      </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="5"></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The facility was most recently used as a distribution center. The closure will end Ventura's long relationship with Coca-Cola, which spanned more than a century, according to local reports.</p><p><strong><u>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE</u></strong></p><p>FOX Business has reached out to Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling and the city of Ventura for further comment.</p><p>A Coca-Cola plant in American Canyon, California, closed last year, laying off 135 employees in August 2025. That same month, Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling closed its Salinas plant after more than seven decades, SFGATE reported.</p></div>

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<p>Coca-Cola's Reyes Bottling will permanently close its Ventura Distribution Center this summer, affecting 85 employees. The decision, announced via a WARN notice, is part of a strategy to drive sustainable growth. Most affected workers will be reassigned to other facilities, with the last operational day set for July 10. This closure marks the end of a century-long relationship between Coca-Cola and the city of Ventura.</p>

- A Coca-Cola bottling plant in Southern California will permanently shut down this summer, affecting 85 employees.  
- Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling announced the closure in a May 8 notice, citing a reassessment of operations and plans to transfer work to other facilities.  
- The last day of operations is July 10, and most impacted employees will be reassigned to alternative roles within the company.

Coca-Cola shutting down California facility after more than a century