Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Safeway Report Worker Cuts in Consumer Staples

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Safeway, and Acme Markets Inc. reported workforce reductions in the Consumer Staples sector in filings and notices dated during the October 23–24, 2026 reporting window.

Lede

Several Consumer Staples employers filed WARN notices and public disclosures during the Oct. 23–24, 2026 reporting period indicating planned permanent job cuts and facility actions affecting a combined 1,385 employees, according to the filings and reports.

Reported layoffs

• Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream filed WARN notices that together list 715 and 448 employees affected, per a WARN filing with state regulators. The filings did not specify facility locations or additional details in the material provided.

• Safeway appears twice in the records. A WARN filing with state regulators lists 92 employees affected. Separately, Safeway notified regulators via a WARN notice reported by WhatNow that it will permanently close its bakery manufacturing facility in Richmond, California, resulting in the loss of 92 jobs effective Dec. 30, 2026. The WhatNow notice said the closure is part of a review and cost-reduction strategy by parent company Albertsons and noted that a limited number of affected employees may be offered transfers or relocations; the report added that California Rapid Response services were available to assist workers.

• Acme Markets Inc. submitted a WARN filing with state regulators indicating 38 employees affected; the filing included no additional location or timing details in the supplied records.

Closing

Together the verified WARN filings and the WhatNow notice account for 1,385 roles reported as affected in the Consumer Staples sector during the Oct. 23–24, 2026 reporting window. The disclosures supplied location and timing specifics only for the Safeway Richmond bakery closure; other entries cited WARN filings without further detail.