Ferrara Candy Company Layoff — June 2026
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed February 21, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Courage Drive Fairfield, CA · 5 locations (Solano County).
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on February 21, 2026.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the CA state workforce agency.
Summary
Ferrara Candy Company, which acquired Jelly Belly in October 2023, announced it will permanently lay off 69 workers as it halts Jelly Belly brand production at its Chicago factory and consolidates production in Fairfield. The company filed a required notice to local governments saying it is ceasing certain Fairfield corporate-commercial operations at specified addresses, though Ferrara stated the action will not impact Fairfield manufacturing, warehousing, or Visitor Center roles. The layoffs are slated to begin in June, and there are 374 employees at the Fairfield location overall. Company officials framed the reductions as expected following the acquisition and consolidation decisions.
Ferrara Candy Company disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on February 21, 2026. The notice covers 69 employees in Courage Drive Fairfield, CA (Solano County), with the layoff effective June 1, 2026.
The state lists each affected employee separately by work location, so this filing spans 3 CA communities: Courage Drive Fairfield, Jelly Belly Lane Fairfield, Watney Way Fairfield.
That is roughly 1.9% of the 3,600 people Ferrara Candy Company employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 7 layoff events at Ferrara Candy Company since February 2026, including 69 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 6 additional events known from news reporting.
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